Getting font list from web site

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

Hi.

I need to access a font list that exists as a txt file on the root of one of my servers.

I have written this which works OK, apart from closing the safari window.


tell application "Safari"
	make new document with properties {URL:"http://xxxxxxxxxxx.com:8080/fonts.txt"}
	set myFonts to text of front document
	return myFonts
	close window 1
end tell

Is there another way I can download get the contents of this page/txt file without displaying Safari? I am going to be calling this script from a Javascript using do script if that makes any difference to the answer!

Thanks

Roy

#2

I got the answer, just in case anyone else is interested…

function getFontList(){
var myScript = “set myFonts to do shell script "curl http://xxxxxxxxxxx.com:8080/fonts.txt\”";
return (app.doScript(myScript,ScriptLanguage.APPLESCRIPT_LANGUAGE));
}

Cheers

Roy