XMLHttpRequest() (or similar) in Realm Relay for requesting JSON from a web server?

[Atroxide]

I am looking for the ability to request external content from within a Realm-Relay script. I have a personal API running on a web server and is outputting in JSON format and I am looking for ways to connect to this file online and use this data from within the script.

I have tried using XMLHttpRequest() but it didn't work (as it is not included within SpiderMonkey JS) so is there any ways to achieve this? If it isn't possible to achieve this with Realm-Relay, what is another way I can go about doing this?

[mSteaker]

public static String getUrlSource(String url) throws IOException {
		URL yahoo = new URL(url);
		URLConnection yc = yahoo.openConnection();
		BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
				yc.getInputStream(), "UTF-8"));
		String inputLine;
		StringBuilder a = new StringBuilder();
		while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null)
			a.append(inputLine);
		in.close();

		return a.toString();
	}

[Atroxide]

public static String getUrlSource(String url) throws IOException {
		URL yahoo = new URL(url);
		URLConnection yc = yahoo.openConnection();
		BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
				yc.getInputStream(), "UTF-8"));
		String inputLine;
		StringBuilder a = new StringBuilder();
		while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null)
			a.append(inputLine);
		in.close();

		return a.toString();
	}

Ahh so its not possible with just RealmRelay?

[CrazyJani]

Ahh so its not possible with just RealmRelay?

Realm Relay is made with java, that code is made with java. Think what could be the connection between these two

[Atroxide]

Realm Relay is made with java, that code is made with java. Think what could be the connection between these two

I appreciate the help and I apologize for the delayed response but I am kind of stuck on how to use the function.

I wasn't sure if the function you were giving me was already apart of RR or not so I looked through the Devoid's repo and I found no mention of it. However, from what I can, this isn't actually the current version of RR as Devoid is no longer active and QuickNick has taken over the project but I couldn't find QuickNick's repo nor any type of change log to see if this would be one of the changes he made.

If you are providing me this function to put inside of RR, where can I get the latest source code of RR that QuickNick released?

Thanks.

EDIT: I tried decompiling (with two different decompilers) the code and recompiling with the new function but get errors when assigning new packet ids on launch.

[DeVoidCoder]

The relay scripts cannot do normal IO or web requests for security reasons. It protects the users and prevents the creation of malicious scripts.

[CrazyJani]

The relay scripts cannot do normal IO or web requests for security reasons. It protects the users and prevents the creation of malicious scripts.

We weren't talking about the scripts were we?

[DeVoidCoder]

We weren't talking about the scripts were we?

Yes we were; did anyone read the OP?

I am looking for the ability to request external content from within a Realm-Relay script. I have a personal API running on a web server and is outputting in JSON format and I am looking for ways to connect to this file online and use this data from within the script.

[CrazyJani]

Yes we were; did anyone read the OP?

I just checked that @Wetish posted java code so I thought we weren't, haha

[mSteaker]

I thought you were editing Realm Relay itself since you talked about trying XMLHttpRequest(). Sorry

[Atroxide]

I thought you were editing Realm Relay itself since you talked about trying XMLHttpRequest(). Sorry

Haha, all is fine. XMLHttpRequest() is a function available for JavaScript in web browsers but is lacking from SpiderMonkey which is the JavaScript engine that RealmRelay uses.

As for editing RR itself, that is very much an option but I can't seem to find the source of a working RealmRelay. DeVoidCoder's version doesn't work and I can't seem to find the source or a changelog for QuickNick's re-release of it. I would very much appreciate some help in getting a hold of the source of a working RR or getting a changelist of what all changes would need to occur for DeVoidCoder's version to work again.

[mSteaker]

Haha, all is fine. XMLHttpRequest() is a function available for JavaScript in web browsers but is lacking from SpiderMonkey which is the JavaScript engine that RealmRelay uses.

As for editing RR itself, that is very much an option but I can't seem to find the source of a working RealmRelay. DeVoidCoder's version doesn't work and I can't seem to find the source or a changelog for QuickNick's re-release of it. I would very much appreciate some help in getting a hold of the source of a working RR or getting a changelist of what all changes would need to occur for DeVoidCoder's version to work again.

I think the only thing you need to change is the packet ids. Make a new xml with the correct ids and upload it somewhere. Then change the url in the GETXmlParse class to your updated one.

[Atroxide]

I think the only thing you need to change is the packet ids. Make a new xml with the correct ids and upload it somewhere. Then change the url in the GETXmlParse class to your updated one.

Yep. compiled and running fine with it updated!

Thanks for the help. If I get the time, ill update the repo to use a user-defined source for the XML data URL that way RR is not reliant on any single-user but instead can be taken over by any person willing to host the file without the JAR being actually reliant on them.

This topic can be marked as Solved now.