Question

We can get external IP from this service using Java, C# or VB.NET. But I want to do that using Adobe AIR. How to make request to that link and get its string?

Answer 1

It will be like this:

private function makeRequest():void
{
    var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();

    configureListeners(loader);
    var req:URLRequest=new URLRequest("http://www.whatismyip.com/automation/n09230945.asp");

    try

    {   
        var header:URLRequestHeader=new URLRequestHeader("content-type", "text/plain");

        var header2:URLRequestHeader = new URLRequestHeader("pragma", "no-cache");

        req.requestHeaders.push(header);
        req.requestHeaders.push(header2);

        req.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
        loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.TEXT;
        loader.load(req);
    }
    catch (error:Error)
    {
        trace("Unable to load requested document.");
    }
}

private function configureListeners(dispatcher:IEventDispatcher):void
{
    dispatcher.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
}

private function completeHandler(event:Event):void
{
    var loader:URLLoader = URLLoader(event.target);
    mx.controls.Alert.show("" + loader.data);
}