The Internet and The Web #
- Browser
- Address bar
- Host name
- DNS lookup
- IP address
- IP packets; unreliable, unordered
- TCP port
- TCP connection
- How reliable and ordered?
- HTTP request / response
- HTTPs - Digital signatures, just like with SSH
ComputerCraft HTTP Client #
local args = { ... }
if #args ~= 1 then
print("Needs an argument")
return
end
local req = http.get(args[1])
-- readLine returns a line or nil
print(req.readAll())
req.close()
Now let’s build a program that follows instructions from a file online.
