Can Rev as CGI pull an URL's HTML into a variable?

[Andre Garzia]

Rob,

try:

pput $QUERY_STRING into searchstring
>>   put "http://www.imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=" & searchstring into  
>> searchURL
>>   put shell("curl" && searchURL) into databack

beware that curl will put more data in the answer such as transfer  
time. You'll need to use lineoffset to find where to start.

Andre


On Aug 16, 2006, at 2:54 PM, RGould8 at aol.com wrote:

> Hmmm, I'm afraid I'm having the same problem, using the script you  
> provided.
>  I do get 90% of the html, but the loading process just hangs.
>
> Server:   Mac OS X Tiger 10.4
> Client:   Safari or Firefox
>
> Could it be something with Mac OS X?
>
>
> In a message dated 8/16/06 3:34:31 AM, dcragg at lacscentre.co.uk writes:
>
>
>>
>> On 16 Aug 2006, at 04:49, rgould8 at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> When I run the below script as a CGI, I get, maybe 90% of the html
>>> back, but it hangs at the end for some reason.  Is there a
>>> character-limit to how much text libURL can retrieve at once?
>>
>> There's no limit.
>>
>> As a first step, I'd suggest you retrieve the url before you starting
>> sending back any response from your CGI. Something like this  
>> (untested):
>>
>> #!revolution
>>
>> on startup
>>
>>   start using stack "liburl_1.1.5_minus.rev"
>>
>>   put $QUERY_STRING into searchstring
>>   put "http://www.imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=" & searchstring into  
>> searchURL
>>   put URL searchURL into databack
>>   if the result <> empty then ##error occurred
>>    put "error" && the result into databack
>>   end if
>>
>>   put "parameter   = " & urlDecode($QUERY_STRING) into tRet
>>   put cr & "databack = " & databack after tRet
>>
>>   put "Content-Type: text/plain" & cr
>>   put "Content-Length:" & length(tRet) & cr & cr
>>
>>   put tRet
>>
>>   wait 20 milliseconds ##helps with some servers
>>   end startup
>>
>> If this still has problems, let us know.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Dave
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