Month: January 2023

JSXGetURL 0.0.9 Update

UPDATE: Feb 13, 2024. This page is outdated, and JSXGetURL 1.x.x has been released. Visit

https://www.rorohiko.com/jsxgeturl

What is it?

JSXGetURL enhances ExtendScript to make it easy to access servers using http or https – e.g. to download assets from a remote server.

JSXGetURL is meant to work with any Adobe Creative Cloud application that has ExtendScript support – InDesign, InDesign Server, InCopy, Illustrator, Photoshop…

JSXGetURL is implemented as an ExtendScript DLL/framework, written in C/C++.

This DLL allows you to access URLs (including https: or ftp:) straight from ExtendScript.

There is nothing to install – all you need to do is //@include a .jsx file which then loads the DLL.

Sample code:


//@include "JSXGetURL/JSXGetURLLoader.jsx"
var getURL = JSXGetURL();

getURL.addRequestHeader("Accept: */*");
var s = getURL.get("https://www.rorohiko.com") + "";

alert(s.substr(0,1000));

var headers = getURL.getResponseHeaders();
alert(headers);

// Some random FTP file for testing

var f = new File("~/Desktop/sha512.sum");
var s = getURL.get("ftp://cygwin.com/pub/gcc/sha512.sum", f.fsName);

// Some zip file to test binary file download

var f = new File("~/Desktop/FrameReporter.1.1.8.zip");
getURL.get("https://www.rorohiko.com/downloads/FrameReporter.1.1.8.zip", f.fsName);

JSXGetURL is a wrapper around libcurl which in turn is using open source code from OpenSSL, Boost, zlib.

The last few weeks, I put a fair bit of work in updating JSXGetURL. Version 0.0.9 is now available:

https://www.rorohiko.com/downloads/rr612412/JSXGetURL.0.0.9.zip

Changes

  • Added some simple functions to access request and response headers.
  • M1 support on Mac
  • Upgraded a bunch of dependencies. JSXGetURL now uses
  • zlib 1.2.13
  • Boost 1.81.0
  • OpenSSL 3.0.7
  • Curl 7.81.0
  • Visual Studio 2019 on Windows
  • Xcode 14.2

Licensing

The .zip file contains a fully functional, time-bombed version of JSXGetURL – it will expire on 30-June-2023.

I am currently still working hard on the Tightener project, and by then I hope to have the licensing module in Tightener functional enough to handle a licensing scheme for JSXGetURL. I’ve tried to run JSXGetURL as a ‘sponsored/donationware’ project for a few years, but that has not worked. From June onwards, there will be some subscription fee to be paid for continuous use.