BigNet (Networking & Scraping)

BigNet allows your scripts to communicate with the internet, fetch data, and scrape websites.

1. HTTP Requests

GET (Fetching)

Download text or HTML from a URL. Syntax: get web "[URL]" & set as {[Variable]}

get web "https://bigc.org" & set as {Response}

POST (Sending Data)

Send data to an API or server. Syntax: get post "[URL]" with "[Data]" & set as {[Variable]}

get post "https://api.com/login" with "user=admin" & set as {Response}

2. Scraping (Look For)

Use look for to extract specific information from a block of HTML text. It uses standard CSS Selectors and the @ Target symbol.

Syntax: look for "[Selector]" @[Source] & set as {[Variable]}

• Selector: The CSS path (e.g., h1, .price, #title).
• @: The Target symbol (points to the variable containing HTML).

Example:

get web "https://news.com" & set as {Response}
look for "h1" @Response & set as {Headline}
print "Today's News: $Headline"

3. JSON Parsing

If you are working with an API that returns JSON, use the json keyword as a modifier before the key.

Syntax: look for json "[Key]" @[Source] & set as {[Variable]}

get web "https://api.com/user/1" & set as {Response}
look for json "username" @Response & set as {User}
print "User is: $User"

4. Configuration (Proxies & Agents)

Set these at the top of your script to hide your identity or bypass restrictions.

• User-Agent: user-agent "Mozilla/5.0..."
• Proxy: proxy "http://user:pass@host:port"
• Headers: header "Authorization" "Bearer token"