I am suppose to retrieve data from a website ( example http://intimes.eu.pn/getsurvey.php ) How should i start ? guideline please
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Your question is too broad, and there aren't enough details. You linked to a json response, but are you trying to consume an API or query a database? If database, what kind? What language are you using? We need as many details as possible. – AgmLauncher Jul 23 '13 at 08:43
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I do not think that we need to know the database type. The only thing necessary is a URL which produces a JSON answer. So the question is -- how go out from LiveCode to get an answer from an URL which is JSON and then process it in LiveCode. – z-- Jul 23 '13 at 13:12
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Here's how to get started:
//PLACE THE URL FROM WHICH YOU WILL RETRIEVE DATA INTO ANY VARIABLE (tURL)
put "http://intimes.eu.pn/getsurvey.php" into tURL
// RETRIEVE DATA FROM SERVER. PLACE DATA INTO VARIABLE tDATA
put url tURL into tData
// DO SOMETHING WITH tData
To work with JSON within Livecode, you will have to use a library that parse JSON. Investigating this is a start. http://revonline2.runrev.com/stack/82/LibJson-1-0b
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To start I suggest to read the following chapters of the Users Guide
- 11.4 Working with URLs
- 11.5 Uploading and downloading files
- 11.6 Other Internet commands
Available on MSWindows for example under C:\Program Files\RunRev\LiveCode Community 6.1\Documentation\pdf
And you probably need https://github.com/montegoulding/mergJSON
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