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AV_FUCV  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, February 16, 2022 9:15:32 AM(UTC)
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Hi,
My first post here. The background is that we're using AHK to control vMix, Zoom and our in-house projector & monitors for hybrid services. We use Google Slides and various online video sources (and yes, respecting copyright). AHK uses the WEB API to send commands to vMix

We append parameters such as "&autoplay=0" "&start=10" to control the online player behaviour. Cutting and pasting those URLs into the Browser input works but not so when passing the URL to the 'BrowserNavigate' shortcut. There is a simple workaround but I didn't find any mention of it in the vMix documentation or any forum post and hence the reason for this post.

The various special characters such as "?", "&" and "#" need to be replaced with their URL Encoding equivalents. You can find the equivalents here:
HTML URL Encoding Reference (w3schools.com)
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#2 Posted : Wednesday, February 16, 2022 5:06:26 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: AV_FUCV Go to Quoted Post
Hi,
My first post here. The background is that we're using AHK to control vMix, Zoom and our in-house projector & monitors for hybrid services. We use Google Slides and various online video sources (and yes, respecting copyright). AHK uses the WEB API to send commands to vMix

We append parameters such as "&autoplay=0" "&start=10" to control the online player behaviour. Cutting and pasting those URLs into the Browser input works but not so when passing the URL to the 'BrowserNavigate' shortcut. There is a simple workaround but I didn't find any mention of it in the vMix documentation or any forum post and hence the reason for this post.

The various special characters such as "?", "&" and "#" need to be replaced with their URL Encoding equivalents. You can find the equivalents here:
HTML URL Encoding Reference (w3schools.com)


https://forums.vmix.com/...Web-API-Script#post51481

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From Helpfiles (webscripting)
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URL encoding may need to be used when using special characters in the Value parameter.
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AV_FUCV  
#3 Posted : Wednesday, February 16, 2022 5:42:28 PM(UTC)
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True.
But that reference only appears in the Web Scripting section
It does not appear in either the HTTP WEB API or Shortcut Function reference which is what I've ben using
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doggy  
#4 Posted : Wednesday, February 16, 2022 6:20:06 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: AV_FUCV Go to Quoted Post
True.
But that reference only appears in the Web Scripting section
It does not appear in either the HTTP WEB API or Shortcut Function reference which is what I've ben using


Must be the only one reading the helpfiles ;-)
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