Running web apps without opening browser? - (Moved)

[photonbuddy]

Hi All,

I have a need to run the following:

http://localhost:8420/servlet/EpgAutoAddDataRes?action=15

at random times during the day.

This might be impossible, but is there a way to run this without opening a browser window?

[Jos]

InetGet() ?
There are also many UDF options you can find in our forums.

[Jos]

Moved to the appropriate AutoIt General Help and Support forum, as the Developer General Discussion forum very clearly states:

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[SOLVE-SMART]

On 7/23/2025 at 1:13 PM, photonbuddy said:

but is there a way to run this without opening a browser window?

Please @photonbuddy tell us a bit more about what do you mean be "run" this? I guess you are searching for a webserver which runs you localhost URL? What does the call do?

Best regards
Sven

[BinaryBrother]

@SOLVE-SMART, That Cheat Sheet in your signature is neat.

@photonbuddy Checkout _INetGetSource() too.

[argumentum]

https://sourceforge.net/p/tvschedulerpro/wiki/External Web Access to Web Interface

[SOLVE-SMART]

On 7/25/2025 at 12:10 AM, BinaryBrother said:

That Cheat Sheet in your signature is neat.

Thank you @BinaryBrother . Glad to read that you like it. The target audience is of course more the AutoIt beginner, but from time to time it's nice to have a quick "reload" again on some syntax concepts of AutoIt, especially when you switch languages a lot (like I do).

Best regards
Sven

[photonbuddy]

On 7/23/2025 at 9:48 PM, Jos said:

InetGet() ?

I saw this, but because it was downloading a file, I made the false assumption that it wouldn't work.

To make matters worse, I then was informed of wget, and went about installing that, and it worked fine. I didn't put it all together until just now.

On 7/25/2025 at 8:10 AM, BinaryBrother said:

@photonbuddy Checkout _INetGetSource() too.

This also works, as does InetRead()

On 7/25/2025 at 9:09 AM, argumentum said:

https://sourceforge.net/p/tvschedulerpro/wiki/External Web Access to Web Interface

Yep. I have full remote access, but I need something to run automatically in case I forget to run the link.

To expand, that link re-adds scheduled programs. I have someone in the house who likes to delete scheduled recordings ...

Finally, it took a while to return here, as wget resolved my issue, and there were no e-mail notifications telling me there had been replies.

My bad for not coming back😔

[argumentum]

4 minutes ago, photonbuddy said:

My bad for not coming back😔

..but you did, and I personally appreciate the sharing of your results  

[BinaryBrother]

On 8/4/2025 at 2:52 PM, SOLVE-SMART said:

Thank you @BinaryBrother . Glad to read that you like it. The target audience is of course more the AutoIt beginner, but from time to time it's nice to have a quick "reload" again on some syntax concepts of AutoIt, especially when you switch languages a lot (like I do).

Best regards
Sven

It just looked like it took some effort to design and deploy. Kudos to the time invested.