HTTP Object

HTTP Object

HTTP Object

The HTTP object allows EFS to open a file from a URL to import data for use within the EFS script. The HTTP functionality can be used to read text files (e.g., .txt, .htm, .html, .xml, etc.)

HTTP Methods

Usage

var v = new HTTP("http://www.somepage.com/whatever.txt");

OR

var v =new HTTP("http://www.somepage.com/something.asp?symbol=" + getSymbol());

//After constructing the object, do something like this:

       if(v.open()) {

               while(!v.eof()) {

                       debugPrintln(v.readln());

               }

       }

//Here's an example of a custom function for

//loading a text file from a URL, which can

//be called from preMain().

//The MyFile.txt file would need to contain 6

//numbers, each on a separate line. This example

//populates a global array with the 6 numbers

//from MyFile.txt.

var aArray = new Array(6);

function preMain() {

       loadData();

}

function loadData() {

var f = new HTTP("http://www.somepage.com/MyFile.txt");

var i = 0;

       f.open("rt");

       if (f.open()) {

               for (i = 0; i < 6; ++i) {

                       aArray[i] = f.readln();

               }

       }

       f = null;

       //debugPrintln(aArray);

       return;

}