How to get a remote image timestamp over http?

Erel

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• Nov 21, 2012

• #2

Http is not FTP. The image timestamp is not available by default.

 

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bloxa69

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• Nov 21, 2012

• #3

It looks like it's possible from a php script:
Get Remote Timestamp

So I thought there was a way of doing it from an Android app over httpconnect. I guess your answer means there is no way to check a remote image modification date unless you have a FTP connection to it?

Thank you.

 

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DouglasNYoung

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• Nov 21, 2012

• #4

You can call the PHP script from B4A using HTTP and reading the result into a string.
Comparing this string with you current version - you can them decide whether you need to download or not.

Douglas

 

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bloxa69

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• Nov 21, 2012

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Yes Doug, as a workaround I'd probably do something in that regard. I just thought may be there was a better way.

 

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