Problems with getURL by Kris Coppieters ..

Hi Klaus

Make sure you have a post 11-Oct-2017 version as the one previous version had a bug of Kris's script.

If you want to stay inside the world of ExtendScript then Marc's version has a big plus.

If you need speed I would presume the Kris's is quite a bit faster as it uses native modules but I never did a speed comparison test so you could test for yourself or get feedback from than on Marc.

Hi Klaus,

Kris will surely answer you soon.

Meanwhile, note that IdExtenso also provides an experimental https support in its Web module. If you want to give it a try, just download the framework from GitHub (ZIP: https://github.com/indiscripts/IdExtenso/archive/master.zip) and use the $$.Web.get(…) method to retrieve http or https contents.

Here is a simple example:

// path/to/idextenso
#include '../$$.jsxinc'
// Web module.
#include '../etc/$$.Web.jsxlib'
// Load the framework.
$$.load();
function myHttpsTest()
{
    const url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/indiscripts/IdExtenso/master/README.md";
    var result = $$.Web.get(url, 1/*text expected*/);
    if( !result.error )
    {
        var msg = result.data.replace(/[\*#]+/g,'');
        alert( msg.substr(0,1500) + " (. . .)" );
    }
    else
    {
        alert( result.error );
    }
};
// Go to the test.
try{ myHttpsTest() } catch(e){ $$.receiveError(e) }
// Unloading the framework is cleaner.
$$.unload();

In case this wouldn't work, bug reports highly appreciated :-)

@+

Marc