TCP/IP Scripting

[stevelord]

Hi all,


I'm working on a modplaying streaming tool using EaglePlayer, and possibly the Arexx Port. I was hoping to load a track, extract title data, hit play and send the title data via TCP/IP to a service on a raspberry Pi that would integrate the title into a stream with ffmpeg and some animations that I can send to YouTube for a weekly stream I'm thinking of running.


Does anyone know where I can find some info on how to use TCP/IP via Arexx? Specifically I'd like to make HTTP requests to a simple Flask app on the Pi that can kick off recording.

[nogginthenog]

There is a TCP: device in most stacks.
You need to use normal file I/O to write to TCP:hostname/80 (or maybe TCP:hostname/http).

AmigaOS is pretty neat sometimes. My ARexx is rusty, can't help with the specifics.

[Locutus]

might be a bit of a pain in the arse to set headers and write POST's with potentially request bodies in just plain rexx + TCP sockets.. not undoable ofcourse.

There's also just curl for AmigaOS: http://aminet.net/package/comm/tcp/curl-7.10.5

[daxb]

Check:
http://aminet.net/package/comm/net/AMarquee
http://aminet.net/package/util/rexx/rmh

[Marilami]

I am new to TCP/IP scripting, actually, and I am also looking to do a similar project. The problem is, I cannot find any information or some guides about using TCP/IP via Arexx. The idea of sending the title data via TCP/IP to a service on a Raspberry Pi that would integrate the title into a stream is outstanding. Have you made it? I did not even think about such a thing, but it sounds like something constructive. I have actually decided to abandon the project and hire some javascript specialists to finish it. I have found some fantastic freelancers on https://ithire.com/category/javascript-developers. You can find an insane number of freelance specialists on this platform, basically out of any domain.

[jPV]

I've used the TCP: device solution many times from ARexx and other scripts. You can check a full example here: http://aminet.net/package/mus/play/MultiMeedio

In other example I made it like this (to fetch weather infos):

IF Open('f','TCP:someaddress.atsomewhere.com/80','RW') THEN DO
	WriteLn('f',"GET /weather.html HTTP/1.0")
	WriteLn('f',"")

	DO i=1 TO 19
		rivi=readln('f')
	END
        ...and so on....
        Close('f')

Well.. fixed do loop doesn't seem that good idea anymore etc, but you get the point

The TCP: device wasn't enabled on all stacks (was on AmiTCP/IP), but maybe all offer that still? Either as a switch or mountlist.