I'm throwing around an idea that I grab results from a webserver and display them on screen. As in, I control the webcode too and can pass back simple text. I tried looking up some javascript to do this but kept running into issues, especially since 99% of people aren't trying to pass back to a BBS, and then thought to try here.ããNot anything too fancy, I just want to grab text results and display them on the screen. What would be the most direct route to do this?ããThanks!ãã---TLMãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Nite Eyes BBS - To make people happy about my tagline everywhere...ã

Re: Grabbing results from a webpageã By: The Lizard Master to All on Thu Jul 23 2020 00:49:29ãã TL> I'm throwing around an idea that I grab results from a webserver and display them on screen. As in,ã TL> I control the webcode too and can pass back simple text. I tried looking up some javascript to doã TL> this but kept running into issues, especially since 99% of people aren't trying to pass back to aã TL> BBS, and then thought to try here. ãã TL> Not anything too fancy, I just want to grab text results and display them on the screen. What wouldã TL> be the most direct route to do this? ããload('http.js');ãvar req = new HTTPRequest();ãvar res = req.Get('http://some.web.site/');ãconsole.putmsg(res);ãã---ãechickenãelectronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.comã þ Synchronet þ electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.comã

Re: Grabbing results from a webpageã By: echicken to The Lizard Master on Thu Jul 23 2020 09:14 amãã > TL> I'm throwing around an idea that I grab results from a webserver andã > TL> display them on screen. As in, I control the webcode too and can passã > TL> back simple text. I tried looking up some javascript to do this butã > TL> kept running into issues, especially since 99% of people aren't tryingã > TL> to pass back to a BBS, and then thought to try here.ã >ã > TL> Not anything too fancy, I just want to grab text results and displayã > TL> them on the screen. What would be the most direct route to do this?ã >ã > load('http.js');ã > var req = new HTTPRequest();ã > var res = req.Get('http://some.web.site/');ã > console.putmsg(res);ããAwesome, thanks!ãã---TLMãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Nite Eyes BBS - To make people happy about my tagline everywhere...ã

Re: Grabbing results from a webpageã By: echicken to The Lizard Master on Thu Jul 23 2020 09:14 amãã > load('http.js');ã > var req = new HTTPRequest();ã > var res = req.Get('http://some.web.site/');ã > console.putmsg(res);ããThis is probably my javascript ignorance, but can I ask how you pass a javascript variable to a url variable? I tried setting it to a complete string that displays correctly, but I get a 400 error response from the server.ããvar res = req.Get(fullFormedURLThatWorksCopyPaste);ããI also tried this -ããvar res = req.Get('http:///some.web.site/page?variable1=' + variable1);ããTHANKS!ãã---TLMãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Nite Eyes BBS - To make people happy about my tagline everywhere...ã

Re: Grabbing results from a webpageã By: The Lizard Master to echicken on Thu Aug 20 2020 09:18:14ãã TL> This is probably my javascript ignorance, but can I ask how you pass a javascript variable to a urlã TL> variable? I tried setting it to a complete string that displays correctly, but I get a 400 errorã TL> response from the server. ããYou can pass in a string, whether it be a variable or a string literal, eg:ãã req.Get('https://some.web.site/'); // literalã var url = 'https://some.web.site/');ã req.Get(url); // variableãã TL> var res = req.Get(fullFormedURLThatWorksCopyPaste);ããDepends on what fullFormedURLThatWorksCopyPaste is.ãã TL> I also tried this -ãã TL> var res = req.Get('http:///some.web.site/page?variable1=' + variable1);ããAs long as variable1 is a string (or a type that will become a string as needed, but that's a whole other topic). And remove that extra slash near the beginning.ãã req.Get('http://some.web.site/page?variable1=' + 'some_string');ã var param = 'some_string';ã req.Get('http://some.web.site/page?variable1=' + param);ã var url = 'http://some.web.site/page?variable1=';ã req.Get(url + param);ããand so on.ãã---ãechickenãelectronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.comã þ Synchronet þ electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.comã

On 8/20/2020 6:18 AM, The Lizard Master wrote:

Re: Grabbing results from a webpage
By: echicken to The Lizard Master on Thu Jul 23 2020 09:14 am

> load('http.js');
> var req = new HTTPRequest();
> var res = req.Get('http://some.web.site/');
> console.putmsg(res);

This is probably my javascript ignorance, but can I ask how you pass a javascript variable to a url variable? I tried setting it to a complete string that displays correctly, but I get a 400 error response from the server.

var res = req.Get(fullFormedURLThatWorksCopyPaste);

I also tried this -

var res = req.Get('http:///some.web.site/page?variable1=' + variable1);

var res = req.Get('http:///some.web.site/page?variable1=' + encodeURIComponent(variable1))

If encodeURIComponent isn't available, use escape

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Re: Re: Grabbing results from a webpageã By: Tracker1 to The Lizard Master on Thu Aug 20 2020 10:37 amãã > var res = req.Get('http:///some.web.site/page?variable1=' +ã > encodeURIComponent(variable1))ã >ã > If encodeURIComponent isn't available, use escapeããYessss, thank you very much, that was the ticket.ãã---TLMãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Nite Eyes BBS - To make people happy about my tagline everywhere...ã

Re: Grabbing results from a webpageã By: echicken to The Lizard Master on Thu Aug 20 2020 11:44 amãã > As long as variable1 is a string (or a type that will become a string asã > needed, but that's a whole other topic). And remove that extra slash nearã > the beginning.ããThanks for catching that, it was a mistype in the post not in the code.ãã > req.Get('http://some.web.site/page?variable1=' + 'some_string');ããFor a sec I thought this was working, then I checked the log and saw the url variable was 'some_string' hah! Appreciate it very much, a combination of this and encodeURIComponent() got me there.ããMUCH APPRECIATED!ãã---TLMãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Nite Eyes BBS - To make people happy about my tagline everywhere...ã