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November 3, 2015
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Socket HTTP Request

  • November 3, 2015
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Hi,

With a plugin from the SDK examples, can we do the same thing than the socket do in script. I mean send a http request for example every 30 seconds, without the operator have to click a button ?

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shachar carmiCommunity Expert
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November 3, 2015

either create a separate thread that will do the call whenever you want,

and then call AEGP_CauseIdleRoutinesToBeCalled() from that thread. (the

only thread safe call in the SDK!)

or look into idle_hook, which is a periodic call (up to 40 times per

second) AE sends to all AEGPs who have registered.

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Arie Stavchansky
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November 30, 2015

either create a separate thread that will do the call whenever you want,

and then call AEGP_CauseIdleRoutinesToBeCalled() from that thread.

I think I can understand the suggestion regarding the idle_hook, but how does one go about "creating a separate thread"?  Doesn't all plugin code eventually get called from one of the selectors within the main switch?

Thanks,

Arie

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Anonymous
November 30, 2015

I think what Shachar meant was simply creating your own thread (using C++11's own thread support, or a library like pthreads or boost).

This thread can for example be created/started in the GlobalSetup() function (for global threads) or in the SequenceSetup() function (for instance specific threads).

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