Read a File (RAW)

• Description

  POST /read_file HTTP/1.1
  
  {"filename":"file name"}

• Possible Responses

  {"code":0,"message":"Success","data":"base64-encoded file content"}

  {"code":4,"message":"Unable to read file"}

  {"code":8,"message":"Invalid parameters"}

• Desktop example (read a script file from device, Python 3.x):

  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  import http.client
  import json
  import base64
  
  conn = http.client.HTTPConnection("192.168.31.72:46952")  # device address and port
  conn.request("POST", "/read_file", json.dumps({
      "filename": "lua/scripts/123.lua"
  }).encode('utf-8'))  # explicitly encode as UTF-8
  
  response = conn.getresponse()
  
  if response.status == 200:
      ret = json.loads(response.read().decode('utf-8'))  # explicitly decode as UTF-8
      print(ret['message'])
      if ret['code'] == 0:
          print(base64.b64decode(ret['data']).decode('utf-8'))  # decode base64 then decode as UTF-8
  else:
      print(response.status, response.reason)
      print(response.read().decode('utf-8'))  # explicitly decode as UTF-8
  
  conn.close()

• Notes

  • The root directory for file operations via this API is /var/mobile/Media/1ferver/