ScratchHTTP

HTTP GET requests in vanilla Scratch 3.0

How can I do this?

• Create a certificate. Name it server.crt with the key file named server.key.
• Install the following dependencies: flask requests pillow
• Simply add 127.0.0.1 translate-service.scratch.mit.edu to your hosts file (on windows - untested on linux Linux works too - untested on macOS)
• Run server.py
• Add a security exception for translate-service.scratch.mit.edu in your browser; the certificate is self-signed, and therefore, insecure

How is this possible?

When the translate feature is used in scratch, It sends an HTTP GET request to "translate-service.scratch.mit.edu".

Route the "translate-service.scratch.mit.edu" to localhost in the hosts file.

Create a custom script to take the parameters that Scratch sends and use the string parameter as the url to return the content of.

Improvements

Now supporting all of the following request methods:

• GET
• POST
• PUT
• DELETE
• PATCH

Text Format

Input Format

https://example.com|body
         ^^          ^^
         URL        Body
               If applicable;
                 Leave empty
                 if not used
                (Keep the |)

Output Format

200|filetype|body <- Body
 ^     ^^<< Filetype
Status code h = Html
            c = Css
            t = plainText
            i = Image (base64 encoded)
            d = Data (lowercase hex encoded)

Request Methods

Change the target language to select the request method:

Language	Request	Uses Body?
Amharic	GET	No
Arabic	POST	Yes
Azerbaijani	PUT	Yes
Basque	DELETE	No
Bulgarian	PATCH	Yes
Zulu	[Dummy Request]	No

• The Dummy Request can be used as a "padding" between requests, in case Scratch's caching system is causing unexpected behavior.

Audio

Audio is not natively supported anymore. Please use something like this to play audio.

Images

ScratchHTTP can convert image files to a Scratch-friendly base64 format. See image-client.sb3 for an example.