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Reading from an online txt file #149955 25/05/06 11:49 PM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 464 Amsterdam, NL O OrionsBelt OP Fjord artisan
OP OrionsBelt Fjord artisan O Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 464 Amsterdam, NL	I know you guys usually only help with tuning a script, but I wouldn't know where to start with this one, and I dont know if this would even be possible. There is this online txt file (a dump from a game I play). http://game.planetarion.com/botfiles/planet_listing.txt This file is being updated every hour (tick), and keeps always same filename. I would love to have a script that can read from this file. Like !info 10:1:12 The script would then return all the details on that particular line. I don't know if it would be better to download it first, and then read, or just read on-the-fly etc. Does anyone have any idea how this can be done? And IF this can be done? Thx a lot

Re: Reading from an online txt file #149956 26/05/06 12:07 AM
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 13 Z ZorgonX Pikka bird
ZorgonX Pikka bird Z Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 13	There is, indeed, a way to do the action that you describe.. the "how" is the main thing, though. I believe it has to do with sockets.. I'd advise looking in the mIRC help file. I'm not an expert in this field, so I'm not certain.

Re: Reading from an online txt file

#149957 26/05/06 01:03 AM

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MikeChat

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MikeChat

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Code:

alias updateinfo { sockclose gameinfo | sockopen gameinfo game.planetarion.com 80 | write -c gameinfo.txt }
on *:sockopen:gameinfo:{
  echo -s opened: $sockname
  sockwrite -n $sockname GET http://game.planetarion.com/botfiles/planet_listing.txt HTTP/1.1
  sockwrite $sockname HOST: game.planetarion.com $+ $crlf $+ $crlf
}
on *:sockread:gameinfo:{
  if ($sockerr &gt; 0) return
  :nextread
  sockread %temp
  if ($sockbr == 0) return
  if (%temp == $null) %temp = -
  write gameinfo.txt %temp
  goto nextread
}
on *:sockclose:gameinfo:{ run gameinfo.txt }

this is basicly copied out of the help file
/help $sockname

you really should review that section before using

Re: Reading from an online txt file #149958 26/05/06 05:01 AM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 464 Amsterdam, NL O OrionsBelt OP Fjord artisan
OP OrionsBelt Fjord artisan O Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 464 Amsterdam, NL	wow! Alright, I'm gonna read and work with it a bit. Works like a charm so far! Thanks a lot MikeChat!

Re: Reading from an online txt file #149959 26/05/06 08:24 PM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 464 Amsterdam, NL O OrionsBelt OP Fjord artisan
OP OrionsBelt Fjord artisan O Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 464 Amsterdam, NL	=22:21:33= <@Me> !planet 10:1:12 =22:21:34= <@Bot> 10:1:12 - waytoocool of toosweet (Tick: 1007) =22:21:34= <@Bot> Race: XAN, Size: 91, Value: 112.777, Score: 290.577, XP: 3.556 Definately awesome Mike. This was exactly what I was looking for. Thx again!!!

Re: Reading from an online txt file #149960 26/05/06 08:45 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	to see some more advanced uses of sockets you can do a search on these forums search term $sockopen select the scipts and popups forum you can specify the author to list, people like FiberOPtics DaveC Qwerty genious at work and others are good to look for in the history.

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