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Is there a Flash based way to extract text from a website?

I would like to code a scrobbling utility for Grooveshark using the Last.FM API, but I don't know if it's possible to get song information from the Grooveshark Flash interface. Is there a way to get lines from .swf?

I would post more information, but I cannot post links as I am a new user.

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Coefficients - Song information is not embedded in the SWF but is passed through HTTP calls encoded in either XML or AMF. You can use a debug proxy to verify the information flowing through the wire. Charles is a great tool that supports XML and AMF encodings.



http://www.charlesproxy.com/

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I don't think there is such a possibility. Flash files are independent, hugged objects that contain everything in themselves. You can try to find Flash File Decoder to extract data from compiled Flash files, but I don't recommend this practice.



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