# Help with Homeyscript! **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [February 20, 2021, 8:20am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340 "2021-02-20T08:20:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Exile82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@Exile82](https://community.homey.app/u/Exile82)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 8:20am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/1 "2021-02-20T08:20:29Z")
Hi! With the Homeyscript I can see new possibilities, but I am totally useless on this, appearently! I have no background in programming, but have a good sense of how it works and what can be done. With that being said, I am in desperate need of assistance. Background: Me and some friends are in to photographing and flying drones, and share our work. Currently, we are using a P2P SW for sharing with automatic downloads. I would like to get notified when AirDC (SW) starts a new download. AirDC have a good API library that I intend to use, the one I think I should use is this [one](https://airdcpp.docs.apiary.io/#reference/queue/bundles/get-bundles) The javascript (I guess javascript is okay) looks like this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/a/2/a232b581acb5102eeda743726b20faa25e94c17e.png) I would like to execute this script frequently and if a new download is added, I want to return the attribute “name” of the folder and via Homey create a push notification: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/7/472aef9b3aca8d9cf40eb9509a364660d5a496d5.png) Please, I need some input if I am on the right track here ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 8:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/2 "2021-02-20T08:23:35Z")
Seems to me it’s much easier for you to use the [HTTP request flow cards app](https://homey.app/en-gb/app/com.internet/HTTP-request-flow-cards/). ---
**Author:** ![Exile82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@Exile82](https://community.homey.app/u/Exile82)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 8:54am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/3 "2021-02-20T08:54:22Z")
Thanks @robertklep, thank you for taking the time to read my post and respond. At this point, I am very open for any solution! I actually have that app, so why not?! 😉 I guess I can use the Javascript as is? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 9:04am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/4 "2021-02-20T09:04:21Z")
`XMLHttpRequest` won’t work in Homeyscript, you need to use [`fetch`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API/Using_Fetch). ---
**Author:** ![Exile82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@Exile82](https://community.homey.app/u/Exile82)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 9:26am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/5 "2021-02-20T09:26:52Z")
Thanks! I hope it supports fetch. I will test this and see if I get any wiser! ---
**Author:** ![Exile82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@Exile82](https://community.homey.app/u/Exile82)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/6 "2021-02-20T09:31:22Z")
request.send(); does not seem to work in Homeyscrit either Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 9:32am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/7 "2021-02-20T09:32:25Z")
> [@Exile82](#): > > Any ideas? Yes: look at the page about `fetch` that I linked to 😛 `fetch` has completely different calling semantics than `XMLHttpRequest` ---
**Author:** ![Exile82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@Exile82](https://community.homey.app/u/Exile82)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 10:02am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/8 "2021-02-20T10:02:13Z")
Oh, sorry! I tries the respond.status just to see if I got any status (working/not working). But I only got this output: ❌ Script Error ⚠ ReferenceError: response is not defined at airdctest.js:11:1 at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task\_queues.js:97:5) Can I assume that this is not supported by AirDCs API?! ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 10:03am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/9 "2021-02-20T10:03:37Z")
No, it means your code isn’t correct. I’ll subtly refer back to my [earlier post](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/2)… 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Exile82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@Exile82](https://community.homey.app/u/Exile82)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/10 "2021-02-20T10:26:43Z")
Yeah, thanks @robertklep! I know that it is like talking to a five year old. 🙂 I have read the information, but problem is that I do not fully understand the mechanisms so I more or less pick parts on chance. > var request = new fetch(‘[https://private-anon-3359b479e7-airdcpp.apiary-mock.com/queue/bundles/{0}/{100}](https://private-anon-3359b479e7-airdcpp.apiary-mock.com/queue/bundles/%7B0%7D/%7B100%7D)’); > > request.onreadystatechange = Function(Response) { > > if (this.readyState === 4) { > > ``` > console.log('Status:', this.status); > > console.log('Headers:', this.getAllResponseHeaders()); > > console.log('Body:', this.responseText); > > ``` > > } > > }; > > response.Headers() ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 10:43am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/11 "2021-02-20T10:43:33Z")
I’ll quote a part from the page I linked to: > A basic fetch request is really simple to set up. Have a look at the following code: > > ```auto > fetch('http://example.com/movies.json') > .then(response => response.json()) > .then(data => console.log(data)); > > ``` Like I said, `XMLHttpRequest` and `fetch` have completely different calling semantics. You just replaced `XMLHttpRequest` with `fetch`, but all the other code that’s left in place is specific to `XMLHttpRequest` and won’t work with `fetch`. ---
**Author:** ![Exile82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@Exile82](https://community.homey.app/u/Exile82)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 10:54am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/12 "2021-02-20T10:54:36Z")
Thanks @robertklep! I really appreciate your support. I would like to emphasize that I am not lazy, I have read and tried and read some more before posting here. But when I don’t get it right I tried to get some help here. I will try this. Thanks again ---
**Author:** ![Exile82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@Exile82](https://community.homey.app/u/Exile82)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/13 "2021-02-21T15:41:23Z")
Well, I did some more reading, and some more testing. Are there someone that can help me translate the [example code](https://airdcpp.docs.apiary.io/#reference/queue/bundles/get-bundles) to something that works in Homeyscript or HTTP request flow cards? > var request = new XMLHttpRequest(); > > request.open(‘GET’, ‘[https://private-anon-3c2bdff3aa-airdcpp.apiary-mock.com/queue/bundles/{start}/{count}](https://private-anon-3c2bdff3aa-airdcpp.apiary-mock.com/queue/bundles/%7Bstart%7D/%7Bcount%7D)’); > > request.onreadystatechange = function () { > if (this.readyState === 4) { > console.log(‘Status:’, this.status); > console.log(‘Headers:’, this.getAllResponseHeaders()); > console.log(‘Body:’, this.responseText); > } > }; > > request.send(); The attribute I want to return is “name”. ---
**Author:** ![tb1962](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tb1962/32/7888_2.png) [@tb1962](https://community.homey.app/u/tb1962)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/14 "2021-02-21T17:49:48Z")
@Exile82, Look at the example that @robertklep gave to you. There is really not much more to do. The data object should contain the name attribute. ---
**Author:** ![johan\_bendz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/johan_bendz/32/10344_2.png) [@johan\_bendz](https://community.homey.app/u/johan_bendz)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/15 "2021-02-21T17:53:09Z")
> [@robertklep](#): > > ```auto > .then(response => response.json()) > .then(data => console.log(data)); > > ``` const url = “[https://private-anon-3c2bdff3aa-airdcpp.apiary-mock.com/queue/bundles/{start}/{count}](https://private-anon-3c2bdff3aa-airdcpp.apiary-mock.com/queue/bundles/%7Bstart%7D/%7Bcount%7D)”; await fetch(url).then(data =\> data.json()).then(data =\> console.log(data[0].name)); ---
**Author:** ![johan\_bendz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/johan_bendz/32/10344_2.png) [@johan\_bendz](https://community.homey.app/u/johan_bendz)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/16 "2021-02-21T18:03:38Z")
// define url const url = “[https://private-anon-3c2bdff3aa-airdcpp.apiary-mock.com/queue/bundles/{start}/{count}](https://private-anon-3c2bdff3aa-airdcpp.apiary-mock.com/queue/bundles/%7Bstart%7D/%7Bcount%7D)”; // get data let data = await fetch(url); // make it json data = await data.json(); // pick name from json data let name = data[0].name; // display it console.log(name); ---
**Author:** ![Exile82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@Exile82](https://community.homey.app/u/Exile82)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/help-with-homeyscript/43340/17 "2021-02-21T18:31:13Z")
Thank you so much guys, now it turns up in console.log