# How to call a server side method using JavaScript instead of Flash's NetConnection?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-call-a-server-side-method-using-javascript-instead-of-flashs-netconnection/37845>\
**Category:** Wowza Developer Dojo\
**Tags:** wowza-streaming-server-java-api\
**Created:** [December 16, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-call-a-server-side-method-using-javascript-instead-of-flashs-netconnection/37845 "2011-12-16T16:16:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mark\_Nguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Mark\_Nguyen](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mark_Nguyen)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-call-a-server-side-method-using-javascript-instead-of-flashs-netconnection/37845/1 "2011-12-16T16:16:01Z")

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Is it possible to do this?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-call-a-server-side-method-using-javascript-instead-of-flashs-netconnection/37845/2 "2011-12-16T16:23:15Z")

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You can use XMLHttpRequest to call a Wowza HTTPProvider. Or you can use ExternalInterface to call an ActionScript function which can do NetConnection.call to an Application Module.

Richard

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-call-a-server-side-method-using-javascript-instead-of-flashs-netconnection/37845/3 "2011-12-17T13:00:53Z")

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The Wowza IDE user guide covers basics.

Then you can see how HTTPProviders are implemented by example; take a look at the built-in HTTPProviders:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-monitor-server-connections-load-and-application-statistics](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-monitor-server-connections-load-and-application-statistics)

The above articles includes links to source code of each of the 3 built-in HTTPProviders, and there are other examples that you can use to get started here:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/http-providers](https://www.wowza.com/docs/http-providers)

Richard

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Nguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Mark\_Nguyen](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mark_Nguyen)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-call-a-server-side-method-using-javascript-instead-of-flashs-netconnection/37845/4 "2011-12-17T12:11:35Z")

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Good call Richard. Are there any tutorials on setting up HTTPProvider to listen to incoming requests?

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Nguyen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Mark\_Nguyen](https://community.wowza.com/u/Mark_Nguyen)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-call-a-server-side-method-using-javascript-instead-of-flashs-netconnection/37845/5 "2011-12-17T23:14:41Z")

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Thanks!