How do I import an external string of data into a project.

I would like to make a table outside of game that can be used as a reference for my game at run time, this way I can just edit the external file and elements of my game will change without the users having to download a new update.

I also don't want the user to be prompted to download a file.

I've played around with backendless, firebase, and tried a few other things, but seems like not very many people are doing this so there aren't any good instructions out there.

even just importing a normal txt file is fine although a csv would be preferable.

With ajax you can read files and data from an external location.

I tried that, but it doesn't do anything.

I read something about ajax blocking cross domain requests, so im guessing that's at least part of the problem. Are there any cloud services that allow cross domain request or to I need to buy my own hosting and domain name?

If you use PHP, then add the header access control:

i.e.

<?php 
header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *');  
 
..rest of your code ... 
?>[/code:2oencyf8] 
 
Also, for your Ajax request, you can add the header:  
 
Header: "Access-Control-Allow-Origin" 
Value: "*" 
 
This solves most of the cross domain issues.

With backendless you can map your own domain name to your file storage and thus avoid any cross domain issues with loading the file. I do this in my app and it is working out great.

I would like to make a table outside of game that can be used as a reference for my game at run time, this way I can just edit the external file and elements of my game will change without the users having to download a new update.

I also don't want the user to be prompted to download a file.

I've played around with backendless, firebase, and tried a few other things, but seems like not very many people are doing this so there aren't any good instructions out there.

even just importing a normal txt file is fine although a csv would be preferable.

Gary

are you able to import other file types or just php?