How to make HTTP request in Illustrator ?

[K24792546oix6]

I wish to call an HTTP endpoint from Illustrator Script using JavaScript. I found some references to BridgeTalk, though it didn't help. Please advise

[Anubhav M]

Hello @K24792546oix6,

Thanks for reaching out. Would you mind trying the suggestion shared in this community post (https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/how-to-access-https-site-from-javascript-sock...) and check if it helps?

Looking forward to your response.

Thanks,

Anubhav

[ParveenKaloi]

There is no direct method for HTTP requests, hence there are some work around. Here is one of the method to run a diverted HTTP request directly from Illustrator script.

function httpRequest(url, method, data, outputFile) {
    var curlCommand = 'curl -s -X ' + method + ' "' + url + '"';
        if (method === "POST" && data) {
            curlCommand += ' -d "' + data + '"';  
        }
        curlCommand += ' -o ' + outputFile;
    try {
        var tempFile = new File(Folder.temp + "/tempCurlRequest.bat");
        tempFile.open('w');
        tempFile.write(curlCommand);
        tempFile.close();
        
        tempFile.execute();
        
        var timeout = 30000;
        
        var startTime = new Date().getTime();
        while (new Date().getTime() - startTime < timeout) {
            if (fileExists(outputFile)) {
                var response = readFile(outputFile);
                var file = new File(outputFile);
                return response;
            }
            $.sleep(500); // Wait for 500ms
        }
        alert('Timeout: Response file not found!');
    } catch (error) {
        alert('Error: ' + error.message);
    }
}

function fileExists(filePath) {
    var file = new File(filePath);
    return file.exists;
}

function readFile(filePath) {
    var file = new File(filePath);
    file.open('r');
    var content = file.read();
    file.close();
    return content;
}

var url = "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/three.js/0.172.0/three.tsl.min.js"; 
var outputFile = "C:/Users/ParveenKaloi/response.txt";  // replace the file path as per your folder structure for temporaty saving the response
var method = "GET";
var data = ""; 

var resData = httpRequest(url, method, data, outputFile);
alert(resData)

 Happy Coding 😉