Component: HTTP Fetch ( Comms): Difference between revisions

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Author	MatrixTSL
Version	0.1
Category	Comms

HTTP Fetch component

Component designed to request resources from an external HTTP server.

Component Source Code

Please click here to download the component source project: FC_Comp_Source_WEBEXP_Fetch.fcsx

Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): FC_Comp_Source_WEBEXP_Fetch.fcsx

Detailed description

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Examples

HTTP

Example program showing how to retreive the HTML source of a HTTP URL.

Fetch HTTP Example

The HTML source is hosted at the following URL: http://www.flowcode.co.uk/example/fetchtest.txt

File:fetchtest.txt

HTTP JSON Encoded

Example program showing how to retreive the HTML source of a HTTP URL. Here the source is encoded JSON data which we can parse through.

Fetch HTTP JSON Example

The HTML source is hosted at the following URL: http://www.flowcode.co.uk/example/jsonfetchtest.txt

File:jsonfetchtest.txt

HTTP JSON Encoded Time and Date

Example program showing how to retreive the HTML source of a HTTP URL. Here the source is encoded JSON data which we can parse through. The data is created using a PHP script which allows for dynamic data such as the current time and date.

Fetch HTTP Time Date Example

The HTML source is hosted at the following URL: http://www.flowcode.co.uk/example/jsonfetchtimedate.php

Please note the file type for the file below has been changed from .php to .txt to be allowed onto the Wiki.

File:jsonfetchtimedate.txt

Fetch Parameters

Example program showing how to retreive the JSON data source of a HTTP URL. Here the source is encoded JSON data which we can parse through. The data is created using a PHP script which allows for dynamic data in this case based on the selection made using the radio buttons.

Fetch Parameter Example

The HTML source is hosted at the following URL: http://www.flowcode.co.uk/example/get_data.php

Please note the file type for the file below has been changed from .php to .txt to be allowed onto the Wiki.

File:get_data.txt

Weather Example

Example program showcasing a number of components used together to collect data from a URL using fetch, before processing the data using the object helper and array helper components.

Web Weather Example

Macro reference

Fetch

	Fetch
Start the process of fetching a resource from a web server
- STRING	sParams
Parameters for the Fetch call
- VOID	Return

SetDataType

	SetDataType
Override the DataType property
- LONG	Type
0=JSON Encoded. 1=Raw Text
- VOID	Return

SetMacro

	SetMacro

- STRING	sMacro

- VOID	Return

SetURL

	SetURL
Sets the URL for the Fetch call
- STRING	sURL

- VOID	Return

Property reference

	Properties
	URL

	Call macro

	DataType
Decide what type of data to receive

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