I'd like to code a scrobbling utility for Grooveshark using Last.FM's API but I don't know if it's possible to get the song information from the Grooveshark's Flash frontend. Is there any way to get strings from a .swf?
I'd post some more information but I'm not able to post links yet since I'm a new user.
I dont think there's any possibility doing so. Flash files are independant embeeded objects which contain everything within itself. You might try search for a Flash File Decoder to fetch out data from the Flash compiled files, but I dont suggest this practice.
Thanks.
Odds are the song information is not embedded in the SWF but passed over HTTP calls, encoded either in XML or AMF. You can use a web debugging proxy to examine the information that goes over the wire. Charles is a great tool that supports both XML and AMF encodings.