From ed4283bdb4ffa368a674a19d8f90097546b2253f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: harryob <55142896+harryob@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:55:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] testing change to see if this impacts server stability

---
 code/datums/entities/player.dm | 16 ++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/code/datums/entities/player.dm b/code/datums/entities/player.dm
index f30c01b3128b..aefa81672b54 100644
--- a/code/datums/entities/player.dm
+++ b/code/datums/entities/player.dm
@@ -455,15 +455,19 @@ BSQL_PROTECT_DATUM(/datum/entity/player)
 			LAZYSET(stats, S.stat_id, S)
 
 /datum/entity/player/proc/load_byond_account_age()
-	var/datum/http_request/request = new()
-	request.prepare(RUSTG_HTTP_METHOD_GET, "https://www.byond.com/members/[ckey]?format=text")
-	request.execute_blocking()
-	var/datum/http_response/response = request.into_response()
-	if(response.errored)
+	var/list/http_request = world.Export("http://byond.com/members/[ckey]?format=text")
+	if(!http_request)
+		log_admin("Could not check BYOND account age for [ckey] - no response from server.")
+		return
+
+	var/body = file2text(http_request["CONTENT"])
+	if(!body)
+		log_admin("Could not check BYOND account age for [ckey] - invalid response.")
 		return
 
 	var/static/regex/regex = regex("joined = \"(\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2})\"")
-	if(!regex.Find(response.body))
+	if(!regex.Find(body))
+		log_admin("Could not check BYOND account age for [ckey] - no valid date in response.")
 		return
 
 	byond_account_age = regex.group[1]