IronPython script to call a web service or retrieve URL in Spotfire®

Introduction

Spotfire® allows users to create custom functionalities using scripts in IronPython. Using the below script, users can configure a button that when clicked will call a web service or retrieve a URL. A sample URL that returns JSON values is shown below.

Call Web Service or Retrieve URL

The below script  will call a web service or retrieve a URL

# Copyright © 2017. TIBCO Software Inc.  Licensed under TIBCO BSD-style license.

# Import the necessary packages
import clr
clr.AddReference('System.Web.Extensions')
from System.Web.Script.Serialization import JavaScriptSerializer
from System.Net import WebClient

# Create a web client
client = WebClient()

# Specify a resource of type string to download
strURL = "http://mywebserveraddress/location/query?format=json""

# Download the results of that URL
results = client.DownloadString(strURL)

# print these results
print results

See Also:

Here is a working example of a fully implemented Web Service integration using IronPython.

https://community.spotfire.com/s/article/IronPython-Script-to-access-data-from-Web-Service-using-HttpWebRequest-and-parse-returned-JSON-with-JavaScriptSerializer

License:  TIBCO BSD-Style License