Fetching a webpage?

Oldbitcollector (Jeff) · 2011-05-16 07:56

Has anyone done anything in getting the Spinneret to fetch a webpage?

I'm interested in parsing the HTML a bit for another Propeller to act on.

OBC

Mike G · 2011-05-16 08:53

Yes, the published client demo shows how to request a web page.
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?127619-Help-using-the-Spinneret-as-a-Client

Oldbitcollector (Jeff) · 2011-05-16 09:15

I see a little code for fetching the header, but not a page.. Am I missing something?

OBC

Mike G · 2011-05-16 09:45

If you want the web server to serve up a resource then use the GET method as described in the link provided. When issuing a GET, the web server responds with a stream that contains a header and body. The body is located two blank lines after the header and contains the requested resource; HTML, an image, a text file, anything really. It's up to you to grab the stream and do whatever processing. I usually save the response on an SD card due to limited HUB space.

HTTP protocol information
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html

I can provide an example when I get home from work. What URL are you trying to hit?

Fetching a webpage?

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