Roku: Reading a text file present in server

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I want to read a text file present in a server from my Roku program. I reffered the following question. Read and write from temp file in Roku

The above link has solution to read file from tmp/. So, I tried something like this:

text=ReadAsciiFile("<server_file_path>/file.txt")

But it is not able to open the file. Is there any other way to read a text file present in server?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 11 '16 at 06:20

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ReadAsciiFile() is only used to read files from pkg:/ and tmp:/ directories. You should use rourltransfer for this.

answered Jul 11 '16 at 06:20

Roman Parashchyn

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I followed this example: https://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc/Downloading+Server+Content But the creation of roSGNode object is failing. – MayurK Jul 11 '16 at 07:53
roSGNode creation issue is resolved. I was creating roSGNode before roSGScreen, which is not allowed. But I am not getting call to sub getContent(). – MayurK Jul 11 '16 at 08:23
Hi @Roman Parashchyn! Do you have any sample code for "rourltransfer "? – MayurK Jul 11 '16 at 12:25

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 12 '16 at 05:15

The code given in SDK document is too complicated for just to read a text file from server.

The following code worked from me.

Sub readTextFromServer(serverURL as String) as String
        readInternet = createObject("roUrlTransfer")
        print "Getting URL from: ";serverURL
        readInternet.setUrl(serverURL)
        myText= readInternet.GetToString()
        print "Text from server: ";myText

        return myText
End Sub

Where are you declaring serverURL? – Tcmxc Feb 02 '21 at 02:57 — Tcmxc, Feb 02 '21 at 02:57

Roku: Reading a text file present in server

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