RE: Question about CSS Validator Web Service

Thank you very much, David!

 

Do you know why CSS Validator POST request does not work now? It used to work fine.

 

Thanks,

Chen
 


Subject: Re: Question about CSS Validator Web Service
From: david@dorward.me.uk
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:14:04 +0100
CC: www-validator-css@w3.org
To: chsun@live.com



On 17 Jun 2010, at 23:50, Chen Sun wrote: 

I plan to design an CSS Validator which can validate a batch of files in the same directory. I have two questions hoping you can help me out.
 
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?text=#oooouterx{marin:20x;border:1x solid #000;backgrod:blue url(images/lcolex1.gif) repeat-y left top;padding:5px;}
 
You will get "Congratulations! No Error Found."
 
But when I validate by direct input, a couple of errors there. 



# indicates the start of a fragment identifier in a URI, it and everything that follows it will not be passed to the server as it is only used by the client to identify part of the returned document.



Did I use ?text=contentToValid right? Should I encode white space, etc?


Yes. And the "etc" is important. 


2. Is it possible to validate a local css file? How? I tried http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=file:///C|/MyDocuments/test.css
or ?uri=C:\MyDocuments\test.css
or ?uri=\MyDocuments\test.css
or ?uri=file://servername/publicShare/test.css 
None worked.


You can't give the validator a private URI and have it fetch it. You have to upload the file.


If you are building a tool, you probably should be using the SOAP API: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/api.html


I also suggest you install a local copy of the validator rather than hammering the free, public service: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/DOWNLOAD.html




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David Dorward
http://dorward.me.uk
 		 	   		  
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