About This File
JSON For mIRC
A script to parse and then access JSON from within mIRC.
"But Mr. Reject, there's plenty of these scripts! Why create another?" Well, little one, I find that most of those scripts trade in efficiency for simplicity. Generally speaking most JSON scripts for mIRC reparse the json data each time that data needs to be accessed.
My version, though a bit more complex to understand, only requires the parsing of JSON data once per JSON handler instance, making it quite a bit faster and less resource intensive to use. Along with being a bit more efficient handling JSON, the script can retrieve data from remote sources for parsing. Allowing for the request method and headers to be set as needed.
"But why a JSON parser? Why not spend your time coding something that the typical user would make use of?". Its simple, to make those fancy GUI-intensive scripts, scripters need/use tools to simplify the tasks. This is one such tool.
The reason for a JSON parser vs. some other 'tool' is because of its overwhelming use around the web. Now-a-days, when you want data from a website they probably package it as an API that generally returns results in JSON format. Examples include: Google.com, Youtube.com, Pastebin.com, and Weather.com
TLS/SSL Error
If you are on windows 7, Windows Server 2012, or Windows Server 2008 and are getting the error message "an error occurred in the secure channel support" then you may need to install the patch mentioned here
This error is not the result of the script, but rather newer technologies being used by the server you are accessing.
