running actexec in proxy mode to download remote file

[eureka]

I am experimenting with downloads of pre-built .ascr scripts into a bootstrap.ascr in desktop (Ubuntu 16.04).

The idea is to hold a remote repository of *.ascr scripts in a server (initially just a localhost server for test purposes).

I can inspect the options (args) through the command

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man actexec 

which returns this information ..

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usage: actexec [parameters] filename
Parameters are:
 --code, -c        switch to code mode, may not be used with -s 
 --script, -s      switch to script mode, may not be used with -c 
 --nocodeqt, -Q    do not include the Qt library into the code 
 --portable, -p    starts in portable mode, storing the settings in the executable folder 
 --proxy-mode      sets the proxy mode, values are "none", "system" (default) or "custom" 
 --proxy-type      sets the custom proxy type, values are "http" or "socks" (default) 
 --proxy-host      sets the custom proxy host 
 --proxy-port      sets the custom proxy port 
 --proxy-user      sets the custom proxy user 
 --proxy-password  sets the custom proxy password 
 --version, -v     show the program version 
 --help, -h        show this help text 

also seen here ...

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/tr ... xec.1.html

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But how do I compose the actexec command line using proxy args?

I have tried this example ...

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actexec --proxy-host=http://localhost/actions/xml/hello.ascr

Please provide some examples of accessing remote *.ascr files held in a server.

I can work around this by first downloading the *.ascr script using wget command in the bootstrap.ascr and then having another action to run the downloaded file locally. But I would like to understand all the actexec arguments with examples.

How do I draft the above test url to access hello.ascr?

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Later edit ... I tried this syntax .. but return is "Unable to read input file"

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actexec --proxy-host="http://localhost/actions/xml/" hello.ascr
Unable to read input file

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actexec -v
Actiona Executer version 3.9.1, script version 1.1.0

[Jmgr]

A proxy in the context of Actiona is a server that allows you to access the Internet trough it, rather than connecting directly. It has nothing to do with downloading files. You can have a look at this Wikipedia page that explains what a SOCKS proxy is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOCKS

The actexec program can only run local files, to execute a script you would have to download it (using wget for example) and then run it.