Ripple API: Part Deux

[w1R903]

I'm trying to develop an application using the Ripple API but the server seems to be down a lot today.  Is there some other test server I can use to subscribe to a stream via websockets other than s1.ripple.com:51233 ? 

Also, is the websocket interface the only public interface?  Frankly, I'd rather use HTTP but as far as I can understand from the wiki, the web socket interface is so far the only API with order book data available to the public.  Is this correct?

Thanks in advance and best of luck with Ripple.

[Ripple Labs]

You can use http. All these functions: https://ripple.com/wiki/RPC_API can be called via JSON-RPC which is just a POST.

If the main one is down you can use s2.ripple.com. RPC port is 51234

[w1R903]

You can use http. All these functions: https://ripple.com/wiki/RPC_API can be called via JSON-RPC which is just a POST.

If the main one is down you can use s2.ripple.com. RPC port is 51234

Thanks so much!  I appreciate the info.