Loads data from a URL in Adobe Illustrator! (Uses Bridge behind the scenes)

loadUrl.jsx

var doc = app.activeDocument;
var docPath = doc.path;   


function loadUrl(url, callback) {

    var bt = new BridgeTalk();
    bt.target = 'bridge' ;  

    var s = '';
    s += "if ( !ExternalObject.webaccesslib ) {\n";
    s += "  ExternalObject.webaccesslib = new ExternalObject('lib:webaccesslib');\n";
    s += "}\n";
    s += "var html = '';\n";
    s += "var http = new HttpConnection('" + url + "') ; \n";
    s += "http.response = html;\n";
    s += "http.execute() ;\n";
    s += "http.response;\n";

    bt.body = s;

    bt.onResult = function( inBT ) { callback( null, inBT.body );  };
    bt.onError = function( inBT ) { callback( 1, null ); };
    bt.send( 50 );       
}

function done( err, data ) {
    if ( err ) {
       $.writeln( 'FAILED' );
    } else {
        $.writeln( data );
    }
}

loadUrl( 'http://www.nytimes.com', done );

true;