Executing remote script over HTTP via Netlinx?

bob

Is it possible to execute this line/script from a Nelinx master, directly? Any help highly appreciated! Thanks!

http://192.168.50.80:8080/cgi-bin/misc/misc.cgi?count=1264764330&func=restart_main_ok&SHUTDOWN=

vining

Yes, just create a bit of code to open an IP socket and issue a get or post command. It's basically the same as examples on the forum for web scrapping for RSS weather, Weather.com, etc. the only difference is you don't want a return of data you're just issuing a command.

You'll just need some code to call the function to do an IP_CLIEN_OPEN and in the online event call another function to send the request. If you go to the ModPedia section of the forum there are some modules posted that do this. RSSWeather, TiVO, Axis Cam, Digital Loggers, Ping URL etc, etc....

bob

No problem on the IP_CLIENT_OPEN... connection should be TCP and the connection port the web servers 8080, right? Then SEND_COMMAND with GET and then the URL string, right? Thanks!

Joe Hebert

bob wrote: »

Then SEND_COMMAND with GET and then the URL string, right? Thanks!

SEND_STRING

bob

Joe, Vining, thanks much! Highly appreciated!

bob

Don't really work, do I need to escape something within the quotes and do I need the $0D at the end? Or should I skip the http... part of the URL?

SEND_STRING dvIPQnapServer, "'GET http://',sServer_Addr,':8080/cgi-bin/misc/misc.cgi?count=1264764330&func=restart_main_ok&SHUTDOWN=',$0D"

I opened the connection with

IP_CLIENT_OPEN(dvIPServer.PORT, sServer_Addr, 8080, IP_TCP) // IP_TCP = 1

and it gets to the ONLINE event and also "ip status" shows the connection.

jweather

You need to format the HTTP request correctly, in this case it will look something like

"'GET /cgi-bin/misc/misc.cgi?count=1264764330&func=restart_main_ok&SHUTDOWN= HTTP/1.0',$0D,$0A,$0D,$0A"

You can use any number of tools to sniff HTTP requests from your browser to see what they look like -- Live HTTP Headers for Firefox, Fiddler as a web proxy, or Wireshark.