zzzzzzzz.lua

-- Probe function.
function probe()
     if vlc.access ~= "http" and vlc.access ~= "https" then
          return false
     end
     return true
end

-- Parse function.
function parse()
     dhead = "\27[1;35mzzzzzzzz.lua debug: "
     dtail = "\27[0m"
     -- vlc.msg.dbg( dhead .. 'debug message here' .. dtail )

     while true do
          line = vlc.readline()
          if not line then break end
          if string.match( line, "<link rel='derp .-' href='" ) then
               _,_,where,lua = string.find( line, "rel='derp (.-)' href='(.-)'" )
               vlc.msg.dbg( dhead .. 'found a lua playlist script to install: ' .. lua .. dtail )
               if string.match( lua, "^/") then
                    _,_,domain = string.find( vlc.path, "^(.-)/?" )
                    lua = vlc.access .. '://' .. domain .. lua
               elseif not string.match( lua, "^http" ) then
                    _,_,domainandpath = string.find( vlc.path, "^(.+/)" )
                    lua = vlc.access .. '://' .. domainandpath .. lua
               end
               vlc.msg.dbg( dhead .. 'fullpath should be ' .. lua .. dtail )

               -- We need to download the "lua" link and place it whereever "where" says.
               -- Of course, we should insist on sane values, prompt the user if they want to allow or deny it, etc.
               -- But we have no access to the filesystem or to dialog prompts. That sucks. :(

          end
     end
     -- Here we need to take and reload vlc.path now that they have a playlist that will presumably parse this page.
     return { { path = vlc.path } }
end