Opening a file from a URL from a mod

[cymplecy]

On a copy of Snap!, on my own hosting, I can't access projects via Snap! cloud (as expected)

But I'm sure I was able to open up projects that I'd uploaded to my hosting but for the life of me I can't remember what the url syntax should be

As an example - how can I open up a Snap! example (using URL not via menu) on the same website?

https://cymplecy.gitlab.io/Snap/snap.html <----- what goes after this?

[mr_owlssssnap2]

I'm having trouble figuring this out too, surely it would've just been https://cymplecy.gitlab.io/project?username=cymplecy&projectname=example right? Nope!

[cymplecy]

It can't be anything like that as our mods can't access Snap! cloud projects.

I used to have this working a few years ago but can't remember how I did it

I think it'll be something along the lines of
https://cymplecy.gitlab.io/Snap/snap.html#open: ....

[cookieclickerer33]

I think you’ll need to provide the proper info to get arround CORS, unless GitHub doesn’t need that

[cymplecy]

There shouldn't be any CORS issue in accessing a file on same domain that the Snap! mod is running from

[cookieclickerer33]

Ah I didn’t quite understand what was going on, and yeah I’m not sure

The redirect url function is disabled in snap for obvious reasons so that could be the issue

[cymplecy]

@cookieclickerer33

The redirect url function is disabled in snap for obvious reasons

Not sure what you mean?

What "redirect url function"?

[cookieclickerer33]

In JavaScript, opening a webpage or redirecting to a url are both disabled in snap

[mr_owlssssnap2]

i don't think you're getting it

[cookieclickerer33]

Yeah I think I understand now. They are attempting to import a project file from another GitHub page

In that context I don’t think this is possible without a lot of modding the vm

[mr_owlssssnap2]

no, they're trying to open a project that they've uploaded to their own hosting
i mean read the post dude

[cookieclickerer33]

That’s what I said?
Importing is opening
And I said they are hosting it?

[dardoro]

@cymplecy

I used to have this working a few years ago but can't remember how I did it

Open a compiled project using URL

Just to say that I've seen quite a few attempts, over the past years, at loading a Snap! project from the likes of Dropbox and Google Drive and none have been successful. Storing files on a Gihub repository does work https://snap.berkeley.edu/snap/snap.html#open:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cymplecy/SnapProjects/main/AOC2015_22_01.xml But a lot of schools block access to Github so it may not be useful for you if coding on a school Chromebook

[cymplecy]

I'm glad your forum search skills are better than mine

So, just to be explicit for anyone else trying this

https://cymplecy.gitlab.io/Snap/snap.html#open:https://cymplecy.gitlab.io/Snap/Examples/swimmer.xml

will open up the swimmer example project within my fork of Snap!

[ego-lay_atman-bay]

If it's on the same domain, e.g. in the examples folder, you can just put in a relative url, like this
https://cymplecy.gitlab.io/Snap/snap.html#open:Examples/swimmer.xml

[cymplecy]

Useful to know