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touchdevelop api web o internet connectivity o downloading, uploading o Json, RSS, XML o search

touchdevelop api apis: connection o Webopen connection settings Opens a connection settings page (airplanemode, bluetooth, wiki, cellular) Webopen connection settings o Webis connected Indicates whether any network connection is available Webis connected o Webconnection name Gets a name of the currently connected network servicing Internet requests Webconnection name o Webconnection type Gets the type of the network servicing Internet requests (unknown, none, ethernet, wifi, mobile) Webconnection type

touchdevelop api apis: download/upload o Webdownload Downloads the content of an internet page (http get) Webdownload o Webdownload picture Downloads a picture from internet Webdownload picture o Webdownload json Downloads a web service response as a JSON data structure (http get) Webdownload json o Webdownload sound Downloads a WAV sound file from internet Webdownload sound o Webdownload song Create a streamed song file from internet (download happens when playing) Webdownload song o Webupload Uploads text to an internet page (http post) Webupload o Webupload picture Uploads a picture to an internet page (http post) Webupload picture

touchdevelop api apis: formats o Webxml Parses the string as a xml element Webxml o Webjson Parses the string as a json object Webjson o Webrss Parses the newsfeed string (RSS 2.0) into a message collection Webrss o Weburl encode Converts a text string into an url-encoded string Weburl encode o Weburl decode Decodes a string that has been url-encoded Weburl decode o Webhtml encode Converts a text string into an HTML-encoded string Webhtml encode o Webhtml decode Decodes a string that has been HTML-encoded Webhtml decode

touchdevelop api json grammar json:string | number | boolean | array | object string/number/boolean follow grammar of corresponding JavaScript literals array: [ [json (, comma)*] ] field: string : json object: [ field [(, field)*] ] example [ elem0, 1, { x : value of field x, y : 42 }, false ]

touchdevelop api apis: json o Webdownload json Downloads a web service response as a JSON data structure Webdownload json o Json Objectkind Gets a json kind (string, number, boolean, object, array) Json Objectkind o string: Json Objectto stringJson Objectto string o number: Json Objectto numberJson Objectto number o boolean: Json Objectto booleanJson Objectto boolean o object: Json Objectkeys, Json ObjectfieldJson ObjectkeysJson Objectfield o array: Json Objectat, Json ObjectcountJson ObjectatJson Objectcount o

touchdevelop api apis: json o Webdownload json Downloads a web service response as a JSON data structure Webdownload json o Json Objectkind Gets a json kind (string, number, boolean, object, array) Json Objectkind o string: Json Objectto stringJson Objectto string o number: Json Objectto numberJson Objectto number o boolean: Json Objectto booleanJson Objectto boolean o object: Json Objectkeys, Json ObjectfieldJson ObjectkeysJson Objectfield o array: Json Objectat, Json ObjectcountJson ObjectatJson Objectcount o

touchdevelop api apis: web search o Websearch Searching the web using Bing Websearch o Websearch images Websearch images o Websearch news Websearch news o Websearch phone numbers nearby Websearch phone numbers nearby o Websearch nearby Websearch nearby o Websearch news nearby Websearch news nearby o Websearch images nearby Websearch images nearby o Websearch phone numbers Websearch phone numbers

touchdevelop api apis: links o Webplay media Plays an internet audio/video in full screen Webplay media o Webbrowse Opens a web browser to a url Webbrowse o Weblink url Creates a link to an internet page Weblink url o Weblink media Creates a link to an internet audio/video Weblink media o Weblink image Creates a link to an internet image Weblink image o

touchdevelop api examples o airplane easy o stackoverflow search o show todays Bing image

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