Internet data retrieval with MAX
Hello. I was wondering if it could be possible to get data from a counter, for example, or other kind of streaming data from any website, with MAX, in order to be able to use the data retrieved in realtime in a MAX patch. thx in advance.
You can grab the source code from a webpage using [jit.uldl] and then parse it for the bits you want using [jit.str.regexp]. See the patch below for an example.
lh
No, that wouldn't work. IP add. changes based on your connection, not your computer. At risk of beating a dead horse, the big challenge with copy protection in Max 5-based patches is not so much creating a registration scheme , it's that the Max5 collective format is so easy to search through using a text editor, so it's that much easier to search and defeat a reg scheme.
That boringness aside, here's another example of using the internet in Max: a flickr ripper - it finds the high-res versions of photos in a flickr photostream, downloads them, and then displays them. I've probably posted this in the forum before, so forgive the repetition. http://www.lividindustry.com/culture/?p=191
There's other information on how to integrate into our video software, but you can just download the patch from that page.
Pete.