4 files changed, 69 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/js/io/system/coreioapi.js b/js/io/system/coreioapi.js
index a06f45c6..1e6518fe 100755
--- a/js/io/system/coreioapi.js
+++ b/js/io/system/coreioapi.js
@@ -193,6 +193,23 @@ exports.CoreIoApi = Montage.create(Component, {
                 this._fileServiceURL = value;
         }
     },
+    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    //File service API URL
+    _webServiceURL: {
+        enumerable: false,
+        value: '/web'
+    },
+    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    //
+    webServiceURL: {
+        enumerable: false,
+        get: function() {
+            return String(this.rootUrl+this._webServiceURL);
+        },
+        set: function(value) {
+                this._webServiceURL = value;
+        }
+    },
         ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     //Directory service API URL
     _directoryServiceURL: {
@@ -647,6 +664,53 @@ exports.CoreIoApi = Montage.create(Component, {
         }
     },
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // Reads an external file (cross-domain)
+    // Parameters:
+    //      the file parameter must contain the following properties
+    //          url: string value containing the full file path/URL i.e. "http://google.com/motorola.html"
+    //          binary parameter is optional if the content is to be binary
+    // Return values:
+    //    returns an object with two properties
+    //      success: boolean indicating if the call succeeded or failed
+    //      content: string containing the file contents
+    //      status: int indicating the request HTTP status code
+    //              200 - the file was read and its contents were returned
+    //              404 - the file does not exist
+    //              500 - unknown server error occurred    
+    readExternalFile: {
+        enumerable: false,
+        value: function(file) {
+                //
+            var retValue = {success:null, content:null, status:null};
+            //
+            if(file && file.url && file.url.length) {
+                try {
+                        var serviceURL = this._prepareServiceURL(this.webServiceURL, ''),
+                                xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+                    //
+                    xhr.open("GET", serviceURL+"?url="+file.url, false);
+                    if (file.binary) xhr.setRequestHeader("return-type", "binary");
+                    xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain");
+                    xhr.send();
+                                        //
+                    if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
+                        retValue.status = xhr.status;
+                        if(xhr.status == 200) {
+                            retValue.content = xhr.response;
+                        }
+                        retValue.success = true;
+                    }
+                }
+                catch(error) {
+                    xhr = null;
+                    retValue.success = false;
+                }
+            }
+                        //
+            return retValue;
+        }
+    },
+    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // Create a new directory/folder
     // Parameters:
     //      the dir parameter must contain the following properties
diff --git a/js/io/system/fileio.js b/js/io/system/fileio.js
index f78ad173..1680ca7f 100755
--- a/js/io/system/fileio.js
+++ b/js/io/system/fileio.js
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ exports.FileIo = Montage.create(Component, {
         }
     },
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    //
+    //TODO: Add functionality
     deleteFile: {
         enumerable: true,
         value: function() {
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ exports.FileIo = Montage.create(Component, {
         }
     },
     ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    //
+    //TODO: Add functionality
     copyFile: {
         enumerable: true,
         value: function() {
diff --git a/js/io/system/ninjalibrary.js b/js/io/system/ninjalibrary.js
index f4915a91..3de5fb69 100644
--- a/js/io/system/ninjalibrary.js
+++ b/js/io/system/ninjalibrary.js
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ exports.NinjaLibrary = Montage.create(Object.prototype, {
                                         xhr.responseType = "arraybuffer"; 
                                         xhr.send();
                                         //Checking for status
-                                        if (xhr.readyState === 4) { //TODO: add check for mime type
+                                        if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
                                                 //Creating new file from loaded content
                                                 this.chromeApi.fileNew('/'+tocopylibs[i].name+'/'+tocopylibs[i].file, xhr.response, function (status) {if(status) this.libraryCopied()}.bind(this));
                                         } else {
diff --git a/js/io/system/ninjalibrary.json b/js/io/system/ninjalibrary.json
index 0d211fb5..5c1eb875 100644
--- a/js/io/system/ninjalibrary.json
+++ b/js/io/system/ninjalibrary.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
         "libraries": [
-                {"name": "Montage", "path": "/node_modules/descriptor.json", "version": "0.8.0.0"},
-                {"name": "RDGE", "path": "/assets/descriptor.json", "version": "0.5.6.2"}
+                {"name": "Montage", "path": "/node_modules/descriptor.json", "version": "0.10.0.0"},
+                {"name": "RDGE", "path": "/assets/descriptor.json", "version": "0.5.7.0"}
         ]
 }
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