[ecca]

Hello, well i just learned SQL fully in SM so i want to learn socket as a new work. I want to like read a webpage and do like

If(htmlpageexist){
blabla
}

So i want to read a text of a webpage with socket can someone give me an example or link a guide where i can learn it

[pheadxdll]

The socket extension comes with examples on how to read a webpage, did you even look at that?

[ecca]

Ye it only show how i download the page, i just want to read and then check if it exist or not

[pheadxdll]

The important part is the OnSocketReceive, the first part will be the http header and it will look something like this:

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found\r\n

therefore..

PHP Code:

public OnSocketReceive(Handle:socket, String:receiveData[], const dataSize, any:hFile) {
     new iIndex = StrContains(receiveData, "404");
     if(iIndex != -1 && iIndex < 30)
     {
          // File doesn't exist
     }
     CloseHandle(socket); // Close since we are only interested in reading the http header
} 


[ecca]

Thanks, but where did you get this code from? or where can i learn?

[Russianeer]

I don't think you will find anything with detailed description on HTTP sockets on this forum. I'd first learn how HTTP sockets work, and then using the extension will come easy to you.

[asherkin]

It's better to use either the cURL or SteamTools extensions for HTTP downloads rather than implementing it yourself.