Get content from txt file

[Omirion]

Hey there,

 

Is there a way to get the contents of a txt file trough JS?

[ceycey]

please some google..

 

var txtFile = new XMLHttpRequest();
txtFile.open("GET", "http://my.remote.url/myremotefile.txt", true);
txtFile.onreadystatechange = function() {
  if (txtFile.readyState === 4) {  // Makes sure the document is ready to parse.
    if (txtFile.status === 200) {  // Makes sure it's found the file.
      allText = txtFile.responseText;
      lines = txtFile.responseText.split("\n"); // Will separate each line into an array
    }
  }
}
txtFile.send(null);

 

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sidebargadfetdevelopment/thread/64ea2d16-7594-400b-8b25-8b3b9a078eab

[Adam]

What ceycey's suggesting you use is AJAX, by the way. This article explains it better, and the example he talks you through is to load a text file:

 

http://www.openhosting.co.uk/articles/webdev/5899/

[AtlasC1]

jQuery makes it really easy too, check out the first 'Try it Yourself' on w3c Schools jQuery AJAX. Pretty much all it involves is typing: "load('textfilehere.txt');".

 

jm

[Adam]

True, although if you're only going use jQuery for this one thing you need to think whether it's worth the extra bandwidth of loading the entire framework.

[Alex]

True, although if you're only going use jQuery for this one thing you need to think whether it's worth the extra bandwidth of loading the entire framework.

The entire jQuery framework is only about 24KB (when compressed).

[Omirion]

What ceycey's suggesting you use is AJAX, by the way. This article explains it better, and the example he talks you through is to load a text file:

 

http://www.openhosting.co.uk/articles/webdev/5899/

 

Very useful article just what i needed actually.

 

10x for the suggestions guys. jQuery is an option but I'm running on a tight KB limit, and I've already made my own animation code so not worth it.