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Parse metadata from http live stream

Hi, I'd like to extract the info string from an internet radio streamed over HTTP. By info string I mean the short note about the currently played song, band name etc. Preferably I'd like to do it in python. So far I've tried opening a socket but from there I got a bunch of binary data that I could not parse... thanks for any hints ...

Access SSAS cube from across domains without direct database connection

Hello, I'm working with SQL Server Analysis Services for the first time and have the dilemma of working on a project in which users must be able to access SSAS Cubes (via a custom web dashboard) that live across different servers and domains, but without having access to the other server's SSAS database connection strings. So Organizati...

HTTP script request "Aborted" status

What my cause a normal external script on my app to show up sometimes in Firebug's NET panel as 'Aborted' and not being loaded? Is this a server issue, or the browser going nuts? ...

Best practices retrieving XML/stream from HTTP in Android

Hello everyone, what are the best practices parsing XML from an HTTP resource in Android? I've been using HttpURLConnection to retrieve an InputStream, wrapping it with a BufferedInputStream, and then using SAX to parse the buffered stream. For the most part it works, though I do receive error reports of SocketTimeoutException: The opera...

How to encode custom HTTP headers in C#

Is there a class similar to HttpUtility to encode the content of a custom header? Ideally I would like to keep the content readable. ...

How to implement a log window in a web browser?

Hi all, I'm interested in adding an HTML/web-browser based "log window" to my net-enabled device. Specifically, my device has a customized web server and an event log, and I'd like to be able to leave a web browser window open to e.g. http://my.devices.ip.address/system_log and have events show up as text in the web browser window as t...

Invoke web page from Linux C

Hi, I need to read all the HTML text from a url like http://localhost/index.html into a string in C. I know that if i put on telnet -> telnet www.google.com 80 Get webpage.... it returns all the html. How do I do this in a linux environment with C? ...

404 header - HTTP 1.0 or 1.1?

So why does almost every example I can find (including this question form about a year ago) say that a 404 header should be HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found when we've really been using HTTP 1.1 for over a decade? Is there any reason not to send HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found instead? (Not that it matters all that much... I'm mostly just curious.) ...

Charts or Stats comparing Database vs. HTTP vs. Direct File Access Performance?

I am wondering what the stats are for different ways of storing (and therefore retrieving) content. Are there any charts out there, or do you guys have any quick tests to show, the requests per second, etc., of: Direct (local) database access, vs. HTTP Access to cached data, vs. HTTP Access to uncached data (remote database), vs. Dire...

HTTP PUT a file

Does anyone have code of a simple web browser file/script (HTML/javascript/whatever) that can upload a user selected file to a server using HTTP PUT? Everything I keep reading says that browsers do support HTTP put, but just not through any scripting?! What is the most common way to upload a file then? Using post?? ...

Using HTTP Pipelining with Jetty HTTPClient

I'm trying to figure out how to use HTTPClient (org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpClient) so it will pipeline HTTP Requests. I've tried to create some ContentExchange instances and applying the send() method for each, in an asynchronous mode, but each HTTP request has waited for it response before the next request was sent. Can you please s...

Using http service and its client in the same computer

I am going to develop a http service and an application as its client which both of them are in the same computer. I have 2 questions : Might any firewall block this application? If so, how can i solve the problem? Tanx in advance. ...

Designing API for Iomega network drives web access over http/https

Hello! Can you share your experience of working with network shares like Iomega StorCenter or iConnect over http(s)? Especially: Login/logout workflow Browse functionality Reading/writing objects Reading/writing object properties Your recommendations Thank you! ...

How do I construct a request for a WCF http post call?

I have a really simple service that I'm messing about with defined by: [OperationContract] [WebInvoke(UriTemplate = "Review/{val}", RequestFormat = WebMessageFormat.Xml, Method = "POST", BodyStyle=WebMessageBodyStyle.Bare)] void SubmitReview(string val, UserReview review); UserReview is, at the moment, a class with no properties. All...

AJAX vs client server applications?

What advantage does AJAX have over standard client server applications that use HTML and HTTP? Thanks. ...

HTTP URL Blacklist driver

Hello, how to code HTTP URL blacklisting driver for both XP and Vista/7? I need it for special software for schools any ideas about HTTPS or VPN? I was thinking about firefox, IE,... extension. Not bulletproof, but better than nothing. It's just school. Thanks ...

C++ Windows HTTP

Hi, I'm looking for a basic tutorial for connecting to a domain and downloading the index file . Anyone that can link me a good example or anything. ...

Passing array values in an HTTP request in .NET

What's the standard way of passing and processing an array in an HTTP request in .NET? I have a solution, but I don't know if it's the best approach. Here's my solution: <form action="myhandler.ashx" method="post"> <input type="checkbox" name="user" value="Aaron" /> <input type="checkbox" name="user" value="Bobby" /> <input...

Java based HTTP Client which supports Pipelining

Do you know of any free Java library which support the HTTP pipelining option of HTTP/1.1 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_pipelining ) ? ...

python httplib and broken tcp connection

How do I find out if a connection has been broken using the httplib library? Seems like something so basic yet I can't find the answer on here or google. ...