url = "http://ip-measure.com/ftb-api/get_state.php"
str = tostring(http.get(url).readAll())

local function split(str, pat)
    local t = {}  -- NOTE: use {n = 0} in Lua-5.0
    local fpat = "(.-)" .. pat
    local last_end = 1
    local s, e, cap = str:find(fpat, 1)
    while s do
        if s ~= 1 or cap ~= "" then
            table.insert(t,cap)
        end
        last_end = e+1
        s, e, cap = str:find(fpat, last_end)
    end
    if last_end <= #str then
        cap = str:sub(last_end)
        table.insert(t, cap)
    end
    return t
 end

print(split(str, "<br>"))