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Accessing a internet site #128470 25/08/05 05:00 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 2 M MrLint OP Bowl of petunias
OP MrLint Bowl of petunias M Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 2	I want mirc to access (and take out some parts of the file, but guess I can figure that one out later ) a .txt file on the internet. How would I go about this?

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#128471 25/08/05 06:06 PM

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MikeChat

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the mIRC help for sockets has a good example of how to do this
a bit confusing due to the complexity of sockets

Code:

;;open a socket
/sockopen socktest www.mirc.co.uk 80

;;when the socket opens, request the file from the server
on *:sockopen:socktest: sockwrite socktest GET http://www.mirc.co.uk/whatsnew.txt $+ $crlf

;; when the socket has data,  read the data and do something with it
;; in this case color it red and echo to status
on 1:sockread:socktest:{
  if ($sockerr &gt; 0) return
  :nextread
  sockread %temp
  if ($sockbr == 0) return
  if (%temp == $null) %temp = -
  echo 4 -s %temp
  goto nextread
}

Re: Accessing a internet site #128472 25/08/05 07:33 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 449 Georgia USA bwr30060 Fjord artisan
bwr30060 Fjord artisan Joined: May 2005 Posts: 449 Georgia USA	I haven't done anything with sockets either, but I have a question too. Is there a way to write an alias using sockets to pull a dictionary definition from dictionary.com? The URL in the script would be http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q= $+ $1- . Thanks. Bears on Patrol Chat

Re: Accessing a internet site #128473 25/08/05 09:14 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,245 California, doooood M MikeChat Hoopy frood
MikeChat Hoopy frood M Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,245 California, doooood	using the search feature on this forum for the word "dictionary" revealed this thread Click Here

Re: Accessing a internet site #128474 26/08/05 02:08 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA Riamus2 Hoopy frood
Riamus2 Hoopy frood Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,330 MA, USA	Just as a note... dictionary.com is a HORRIBLE site to try to socket definitions from because of the way their HTML is set up. You're better off using another dictionary site. Search for a word on various sites and then view the page source in your browser. If the lines are short and there is a way you can see to find the definition on the page (such as only the definition line starting with something like <class="definition"> or <font size=+1> or something else that isn't found all over the page), then it would be a good one for using in a script. Usually, once you find a good site, the difficulty is keeping the verb/noun/etc definitions separated out. But, that's something to mess with after you find a site you like. Invision Support #Invision on irc.irchighway.net

Re: Accessing a internet site #128475 27/08/05 08:49 PM
Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 342 M MeStinkBAD Fjord artisan
MeStinkBAD Fjord artisan M Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 342	I suggest you cheat by taking a look at an existing widget that does this and then you'll have a good blueprint on how to parse the needed data. Beware of MeStinkBAD! He knows more than he actually does!

Re: Accessing a internet site #128476 12/09/05 04:54 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 2 M MrLint OP Bowl of petunias
OP MrLint Bowl of petunias M Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 2	This was helpful, thanks. But the problem is the .txt file is 4000 lines long and it echoes all of it, how can I make it paste only one line? A start would be to paste in a specific line in a channel, but I would also like to make it trigger on something on the line so it will paste the entire line. Any help is appreciated This is the url of the file http://e3.swirve.com/data/ranks.txt

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