ScriptAPI Namespace Reference

Namespace containing functions and classes available in squirrel scripts. More...

Classes
class	CWebBrowser
class	Document
class	FileUploadTaskWrapper
class	HtmlDocument
class	HtmlElement
class	Process
	The Process class is used to start external programs and to communicate with them. More...
class	CRegExp
class	UploadTaskUnion
class	UploadTaskWrapper
class	UrlShorteningTaskWrapper
class	WebServer
	Start a web server listening a port on 127.0.0.1. More...

Functions
string	AnsiToUtf8 (string str, int codepage)
string	AskUserCaptcha (INetworkClient *nm, string url)
	Shows the captcha input dialog.
string	Base64Decode (string data)
string	Base64Encode (string data)
bool	CopyFile (string source, string destination, bool overwrite)
bool	CreateDirectory (string path_, unsigned int mode)
void	DebugMessage (string msg, bool isResponseBody)
	Shows a dialog box with a diagnostic message.
bool	DeleteFile (string utf8Filename)
string	ExtractFileName (string path)
string	ExtractFileNameNoExt (string fileName)
string	ExtractFilePath (string fileName)
bool	FileExists (string fileName)
string	GenerateRandomFilename (string path, int suffixLen)
string	GetAppLanguage ()
string	GetAppLanguageFile ()
string	GetAppLocale ()
table	GetAppVersion ()
string	GetCurrentThreadId ()
string	GetDeviceId ()
string	GetDeviceName ()
string	GetFileContents (string filename)
string	GetFileExtension (string path)
string	GetFileMimeType (string filename)
int	GetFileSize (string filename)
double	GetFileSizeDouble (string filename)
table	GetImageInfo (string fileName)
string	GetScriptsDirectory ()
string	GetTempDirectory ()
string	hmac_sha1 (string key, string data, bool base64)
string	HmacSha1 (string key, string data, bool base64)
string	HtmlEntitiesDecode (string src)
object	include (string filename)
string	InputDialog (string text, string defaultValue)
string	JsonEscapeString (string src)
string	Md5 (string data)
	Calculates the md5 hash of a string.
string	md5 (string data)
	Calculates the md5 hash of a string.
string	md5_file (string filename)
	Calculates the md5 hash of a given file.
string	Md5FromFile (string filename)
	Calculates the md5 hash of a given file.
string	MessageBox (string message, string title, string buttons, string type)
bool	MoveFileOrFolder (string from, string to)
object	ParseJSON (string json)
bool	PutFileContents (string utf8Filename, string content)
int	Random ()
int	random ()
string	RandomString (int length)
string	Sha1 (string data)
string	sha1 (string data)
string	sha1_file (string filename)
string	sha1_file_prefix (string filename, string prefix, string postfix)
string	Sha1FromFile (string filename)
string	Sha1FromFileWithPrefix (string filename, string prefix, string postfix)
string	Sha256 (string data)
string	Sha256FromFile (string filename, int offset, size_t chunkSize)
bool	ShellOpenUrl (string url)
void	Sleep (int msec)
void	sleep (int msec)
string	ToJSON (object obj)
string	Translate (string key, string originalText)
string	url_encode (string value)
string	UrlEncode (string value)
string	Utf8ToAnsi (string str, int codepage)
void	WriteLog (string type, string message)

Detailed Description

Namespace containing functions and classes available in squirrel scripts.

Function Documentation

AnsiToUtf8()

string AnsiToUtf8	(	string	str,
		int	codepage
	)

Converts a string from ANSI encoding to UTF-8.

You can find the codepage number you need here:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zenden2k/image-uploader/master/Source/Core/3rdpart/CodePages.cpp

Available only in Windows.

AskUserCaptcha()

string AskUserCaptcha	(	INetworkClient *	nm,
		string	url
	)

Shows the captcha input dialog.

nm - network manager, url - address of the image with captcha. The return value is the text entered by the user.

CreateDirectory()

bool CreateDirectory	(	string	path_,
		unsigned int	mode
	)

Creates a directory (recursively). The mode parameter is ignored in Windows.

ExtractFileNameNoExt()

string ExtractFileNameNoExt

(

string

fileName

)

Extract the file name without extension from the path.

Since

1.3.0

ExtractFilePath()

string ExtractFilePath

(

string

fileName

)

Extract directory name from path.

Since

1.3.0

FileExists()

bool FileExists

(

string

fileName

)

Checks if a file exists.

Since

1.3.0

GenerateRandomFilename()

string GenerateRandomFilename	(	string	path,
		int	suffixLen
	)

Generates file path with alphanumeric suffix

Since

1.4.1

GetAppLanguage()

string GetAppLanguage

(

)

Returns application's current language. For example : "en", "ru".

GetAppLanguageFile()

string GetAppLanguageFile

(

)

Returns name of the application's current language file (without .lng extension). For example: "English", "Russian".

Since

1.3.1

GetAppLocale()

string GetAppLocale

(

)

Returns application's current locale. For example : "en_US", "ru_RU".

GetAppVersion()

table GetAppVersion

(

)

Returns a table containing information about application's version. For example:

{
    Major = 1,
    Minor = 3,
    Release = 1,
    Build = 4240,
    Gui = true
}

Since

1.3.1

GetCurrentThreadId()

string GetCurrentThreadId

(

)

Retrieves the thread identifier of the calling thread.

GetFileContents()

string GetFileContents

(

string

filename

)

Since

1.3.0

GetFileMimeType()

string GetFileMimeType

(

string

filename

)

Returns the MIME file type (for example, "text / html"), analyzing the contents of the file. File must exist. (in Windows, the FindMimeFromData function is used. In unix, the command 'file -b –mime-type' is used.).

GetFileSize()

int GetFileSize

(

string

filename

)

Returns the size of the file in bytes.

Since

1.3.0

GetFileSizeDouble()

double GetFileSizeDouble

(

string

filename

)

Returns the size of the file in bytes (for files greater than 2 GB).

Since

1.3.0

Deprecated:

GetImageInfo()

table GetImageInfo

(

string

fileName

)

Returns a table containing information about image. For example:

{
    Width = 640,
    Height = 480
}

Since

1.3.2.4616

GetScriptsDirectory()

string GetScriptsDirectory

(

)

Returns path to squirrel scripts directory.

Since

1.3.1

GetTempDirectory()

string GetTempDirectory

(

)

Returns the directory for temporary files

Since

1.3.0

hmac_sha1()

string hmac_sha1	(	string	key,
		string	data,
		bool	base64
	)

Generate a keyed hash value using the HMAC method and sha1 hashing algorythm

Parameters

data	Message to be hashed.
key	Shared secret key used for generating the HMAC variant of the message digest.
base64	Generate in base64 format

Deprecated:

since 1.4.0

See also

HmacSha1

HmacSha1()

string HmacSha1	(	string	key,
		string	data,
		bool	base64
	)

Generate a keyed hash value using the HMAC method and sha1 hashing algorythm

Parameters

data	Message to be hashed.
key	Shared secret key used for generating the HMAC variant of the message digest.
base64	Generate in base64 format

Since

1.4.0

include()

object include

(

string

filename

)

Includes and runs the script from file. filename should be relative to the scripts root directory.

Deprecated:

since 1.4.0 Use IO library's dofile() instead.

InputDialog()

string InputDialog	(	string	text,
		string	defaultValue
	)

Displays a prompt in a dialog box, waits for the user to input text or click a button, and returns a String containing the contents of the text box.

Parameters

defaultValue

Default text displayed in text box

JsonEscapeString()

string JsonEscapeString

(

string

src

)

Escapes a string for use in JSON. Returns a string with quotes.

Deprecated:

Instead, use the ToJSON function.

Md5()

string Md5

(

string

data

)

Calculates the md5 hash of a string.

Since

1.4.0

md5()

string md5

(

string

data

)

Calculates the md5 hash of a string.

Deprecated:

since 1.4.0

md5_file()

string md5_file

(

string

filename

)

Calculates the md5 hash of a given file.

Since

1.2.7.4176

Deprecated:

since 1.4.0

See also

Md5FromFile

Md5FromFile()

string Md5FromFile

(

string

filename

)

Calculates the md5 hash of a given file.

Since

1.4.0

MessageBox()

string MessageBox	(	string	message,
		string	title,
		string	buttons,
		string	type
	)

Shows a dialog box with a message

buttons possible values: OK, YES_NO, YES_NO_CANCEL, ABORT_RETRY_IGNORE,CANCEL_TRY_CONTINUE, OK_CANCEL, RETRY_CANCEL

type possible values: EXCLAMATION, WARNING, INFORMATION, QUESTION, ERROR

Returns

Title of the clicked button ( ABORT,CANCEL, CONTINUE, IGNORE, YES, NO, OK, TRY).

MoveFileOrFolder()

bool MoveFileOrFolder	(	string	from,
		string	to
	)

Renames/moves a file or folder.

Since

1.3.0

ParseJSON()

object ParseJSON

(

string

json

)

Converts text containing a JSON document, into a table (associative container made in the form of key / value pairs) or an array. For example, the original JSON document:

{
    "result": {
        "success": true,
        "links": [
            {
                "href": "http://example.com/thumb.jpg"
            },
            {
                "href": "http://example.com/image.jpg"
            }
        ]
    }
} 

Squirrel script:

local t = ParseJSON(text);
print(t.result.links[1].href); // will print "http://example.com/image.jpg"

Returns

In case of error function retuns null.

Since

1.3.0

PutFileContents()

bool PutFileContents	(	string	utf8Filename,
		string	content
	)

Write data to a file

Since

1.3.0

Random()

int Random

(

)

Returns a random number.

Since

1.4.0

random()

int random

(

)

Returns a random number.

Deprecated:

since 1.4.0

See also

Random

RandomString()

string RandomString

(

int

length

)

Generates random string of given length

Since

1.4.1

Sha1()

string Sha1

(

string

data

)

Calculates the sha1-hash of a given string

Since

1.4.0

sha1()

string sha1

(

string

data

)

Calculates the sha1-hash of a given string

Since

1.2.7.4176

Deprecated:

since 1.4.0

See also

Sha1

sha1_file()

string sha1_file

(

string

filename

)

Calculates the sha1-hash of a given file

Since

1.2.7.4176

Deprecated:

since 1.4.0

See also

Sha1FromFile

sha1_file_prefix()

string sha1_file_prefix	(	string	filename,
		string	prefix,
		string	postfix
	)

Calculates the sha1-hash of a given file, prepeding file with prefix and adding postfix at the end while calculating hash

Since

1.3.3

Deprecated:

since 1.4.0

See also

Sha1FromFileWithPrefix

Sha1FromFile()

string Sha1FromFile

(

string

filename

)

Calculates the sha1-hash of a given file

Since

1.4.0

Sha1FromFileWithPrefix()

string Sha1FromFileWithPrefix	(	string	filename,
		string	prefix,
		string	postfix
	)

Calculates the sha1-hash of a given file, prepeding file with prefix and adding postfix at the end while calculating hash

Since

1.4.0

Sha256()

string Sha256

(

string

data

)

Calculates the sha256-hash of a given string

Since

1.4.0

Sha256FromFile()

string Sha256FromFile	(	string	filename,
		int	offset,
		size_t	chunkSize
	)

Calculates the sha256-hash of a given file

Since

1.4.0

ShellOpenUrl()

bool ShellOpenUrl

(

string

url

)

Opens a URL/file in a standard browser/associated application.

Since

1.2.9.4185

Sleep()

void Sleep

(

int

msec

)

The script falls asleep for the specified number of milliseconds.

Since

1.4.0

sleep()

void sleep

(

int

msec

)

The script falls asleep for the specified number of milliseconds.

Deprecated:

since 1.4.0

See also

Sleep

Translate()

string Translate	(	string	key,
		string	originalText
	)

Returns text translated into the currently selected language. Every user-visible string in the script must be wrapped into this function. Translating scripts into different languages

url_encode()

string url_encode

(

string

value

)

URL-encodes string. This function is convenient when encoding a string to be used in a query part of a URL.

Use NetworkClient's nm.urlEncode() when possible instead.

Deprecated:

since 1.4.0

See also

UrlEncode

UrlEncode()

string UrlEncode

(

string

value

)

URL-encodes string. This function is convenient when encoding a string to be used in a query part of a URL.

Use NetworkClient's nm.urlEncode() when possible instead.

Since

1.4.0

Utf8ToAnsi()

string Utf8ToAnsi	(	string	str,
		int	codepage
	)

Converts a string from ANSI encoding to UTF-8.

You can find the codepage number you need here:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zenden2k/image-uploader/master/Source/Core/3rdpart/CodePages.cpp

Available only in Windows.

WriteLog()

void WriteLog	(	string	type,
		string	message
	)

Parameters

type	message severity (possible values: "error", "warning", "info")