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    Web Client DAT

    Summary

    The Web Client DAT allows you to send HTTP requests to web servers from TouchDesigner. It supports GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS and PATCH http methods.

    The Web Client DAT supports various authentication types such as: basic, oauth1, oauth2.

    The Web Client DAT allows for streaming from web servers.

    The Web Client DAT sends HTTP requests to web servers and then outputs the response in the DAT. With streaming enabled it can stream data from a web server.

    When streaming is enabled, Clamp Output as Rows should be enabled. This turns the output of the DAT into a FIFO table instead of raw text. Only the last N lines will be displayed, where N is the value of the Maximum Lines parameter. This will prevent the text in the DAT from getting too larger and will keep cook-times down as a result.

    The Web Client DAT supports sending of GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS, and PATCH request methods. The Web Client DAT also supports 4 authentication methods: Basic, Digest, OAuth1, and OAuth2.

    The first input is the extra headers to send in the request. It should be a table with 2 columns, structured as name/value pairs. For example:

    Content-Type application/json
    Connection Close

    The second input is the data/parameters to send in the request. This can be a table with two columns, structured as name/value pairs. It can also just be text, in which case it will be sent as is. If the request method doesn't have a request body (eg. GET, OPTIONS) then it will append the input to the URL as query parameters if a table, otherwise it will be sent as the request data.

    name joe
    month May

    The Web Client DAT is the successor to the Web DAT.

    See also: Web Server DAT, SocketIO DAT, XML DAT, TCP/IP DAT, WebSocket DAT, Web DAT.

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    Parameters - Web Client Page

    Active active - Toggles the operator on/off.

    Request Method reqmethod - ⊞ - Selects the HTTP request method.

    • GET get - The GET method requests a representation of the specified resource. Requests using GET should only retrieve data.
    • POST post - The POST method is used to submit an entity to the specified resource, often causing a change in state or side effects on the server.
    • PUT put - The PUT method replaces all current representations of the target resource with the request payload.
    • DELETE delete - The DELETE method deletes the specified resource.
    • HEAD head - The HEAD method asks for a response identical to that of a GET request, but without the response body.
    • OPTIONS options - The OPTIONS method is used to describe the communication options for the target resource.
    • PATCH patch - The PATCH method is used to apply partial modifications to a resource.

    URL url - The URL of the server to send the HTTP request. Generally, if sending an HTTP request to a secure server, then the URL should begin with "https://".

    Upload File uploadfile - The contents of the upload file will be sent to the server (chunked, if necessary).

    Request request - Sends the request

    Stop stop - Stops the stream of data from the server.

    Stream stream - Enables streaming. This is only necessary to enable if the server support streaming.

    Verify Certificate (SSL) verifycert - Enables TLS (transport layer security) certificate verification.

    Timeout timeout - Timeout of the request if no response is received from the web server.

    Include Header in Output includeheader - Includes the header in the output of the response.

    Asynchronous async - Enables asynchronous sending/receiving (ie. TouchDesigner doesn't hang while waiting for a response from the web server).


    Parameters - Authentication Page

    Authentication Type authtype - ⊞ - The type of authentication.

    • None none - No authentication
    • Basic basic - Basic authentication is base-64 encoded username and password.
    • Digest digest - Digest authentication is base-64 encoded username and password that's encrypted with a hashing function. Digest is a more secure version of Basic authentication.
    • OAuth1 ouath1 - Version 1 of OAuth. OAuth1 requires App Key, App Secret, User OAuth Token, and User OAuth Secret. These can be found via the account on the web server that request is being sent to. For example, in the case of the Twitter API the values of these 4 parameters can be found under the account profile.
    • OAuth2 ouath2 - Version 2 of OAuth. OAuth2 first requires an HTTP request be sent to the web server to acquire the Client ID and token. It can be acquired using a browser.

    Username username - Username used in Basic/Digest authentication.

    Password pw - Password used in Basic/Digest authentication.

    App Key appkey - OAuth1 App Key retrieved from web server.

    App Secret appsecret - OAuth1 App Secret retrieved from web server.

    User OAuth Token oauthtoken - OAuth1 user token retrieved from web server.

    User OAuth Secret oauthsecret - OAuth1 user secret retrieved from web server.

    Client ID clientid - OAuth2 Client ID retrieved from web server.

    Token token - OAuth2 token retrieved from web server.


    Parameters - Output Page

    Clear Output clear - Clears the output of the DAT.

    Clamp Output as Rows clamp - When enabled, the output of the DAT is table instead of text. The rows will also be clamped to Maximum lines parameter value. This should be enabled when streaming is enabled too ensure that the output does not get too large.

    Maximum Lines maxlines - The maximum number of rows when clamping is enabled.

    Callbacks DAT callbacks - The Callbacks DAT.


    Parameters - Common Page

    Language language - ⊞ - Select how the DAT decides which script language to operate on.

    • Input input - The DAT uses the inputs script language.
    • Node node - The DAT uses it's own script language.

    Edit/View Extension extension - ⊞ - Select the file extension this DAT should expose to external editors.

    • dat dat - various common file extensions.
    • From Language language - pick extension from DATs script language.
    • Custom Extension custom - Specify a custom extension.

    Custom Extension customext - Specifiy the custom extension.

    Word Wrap wordwrap - ⊞ - Enable Word Wrap for Node Display.

    • Input input - The DAT uses the inputs setting.
    • On on - Turn on Word Wrap.
    • Off off - Turn off Word Wrap.


    Operator Inputs

    • Input 0: -
    • Input 1: -


    Info CHOP Channels

    Extra Information for the Web Client DAT can be accessed via an Info CHOP.

    Specific Web Client DAT Info Channels

    • download_progress -
    • downloaded_size -
    • total_size -
    • connected -
    • connection_error -
    • communicating -

    Common DAT Info Channels

    • num_rows - Number of rows in this DAT.
    • num_cols - Number of columns in this DAT.

    Common Operator Info Channels

    • total_cooks - Number of times the operator has cooked since the process started.
    • cook_time - Duration of the last cook in milliseconds.
    • cook_frame - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the component timeline.
    • cook_abs_frame - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the absolute time.
    • cook_start_time - Time in milliseconds at which the operator started cooking in the frame it was cooked.
    • cook_end_time - Time in milliseconds at which the operator finished cooking in the frame it was cooked.
    • cooked_this_frame - 1 if operator was cooked this frame.
    • warnings - Number of warnings in this operator if any.
    • errors - Number of errors in this operator if any.


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