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September 10, 2013 14:13
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Loads data from a URL in Adobe Illustrator! (Uses Bridge behind the scenes)
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var doc = app.activeDocument; | |
var docPath = doc.path; | |
function loadUrl(url, callback) { | |
var bt = new BridgeTalk(); | |
bt.target = 'bridge' ; | |
var s = ''; | |
s += "if ( !ExternalObject.webaccesslib ) {\n"; | |
s += " ExternalObject.webaccesslib = new ExternalObject('lib:webaccesslib');\n"; | |
s += "}\n"; | |
s += "var html = '';\n"; | |
s += "var http = new HttpConnection('" + url + "') ; \n"; | |
s += "http.response = html;\n"; | |
s += "http.execute() ;\n"; | |
s += "http.response;\n"; | |
bt.body = s; | |
bt.onResult = function( inBT ) { callback( null, inBT.body ); }; | |
bt.onError = function( inBT ) { callback( 1, null ); }; | |
bt.send( 50 ); | |
} | |
function done( err, data ) { | |
if ( err ) { | |
$.writeln( 'FAILED' ); | |
} else { | |
$.writeln( data ); | |
} | |
} | |
loadUrl( 'http://www.nytimes.com', done ); | |
true; |
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Well, obviously this one may be better in terms of speed due to async behavior & parallel processing perhaps. The other one meant for when you don't want to deal with "synchronizing" asynchronous code or don't have anything else to do while waiting on data from loading URL.