Checking if internet is connected using tsNet?

[bob at bobhall.net]

A little late to the respond on this but I’d send a HTTP HEAD request. You will get a 200 response back with no data if you have an http connection to the url you specify. You could use your own server to send the request to but it is common to use a well known service such as google to send the HEAD request to also.

The Liveocde lesson at the link below shows how you can send a DELETE request using tsNetCustomSync. You’ll have to modify the script slightly to work for the HEAD request.

http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/856543-how-to-send-a-custom-http-request-using-the-tsnet-external <http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4071/l/856543-how-to-send-a-custom-http-request-using-the-tsnet-external>

Bob Hall

> On Jul 28, 2018, at 12:42 PM, Douglas Ruisaard via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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> Bob...
> 
> Wondering if you would post the windows-version of this technique again... or copy it to this forum, ideally?
> 
> The dropbox entry I can find is expired.
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>> Subject: Re: Checking if internet is connected using tsNet?
>> 
>> And don't forget my telnet technique. Telnet will tell you if there is a basic connection without "actually" connecting with a 
>> protocol of any sort. So it doesn't suffer from any of the built in timeouts that web protocols must have to work properly. 
> 
>> Bob S
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> Douglas Ruisaard
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