content: '
  ' Calls the given URL and returns its result as a string.
  ' Modified from NWM_Utilities.brs in the Roku SDK
  '
  
  function GetStringFromURL(url, bcovPolicy = "")
    result = ""
    timeout = 10000
  
     ut = CreateObject("roURLTransfer")
   
     ' allow for https
     ut.SetCertificatesFile("common:/certs/ca-bundle.crt")
     ut.AddHeader("X-Roku-Reserved-Dev-Id", "")
     ut.InitClientCertificates()
   
    ut.SetPort(CreateObject("roMessagePort"))
     if bcovPolicy <> ""
       ut.AddHeader("BCOV-Policy", bcovPolicy)
     end if
     ut.SetURL(url)
    if ut.AsyncGetToString()
      event = wait(timeout, ut.GetPort())
      if type(event) = "roUrlEvent"
        print ValidStr(event.GetResponseCode())
        result = event.GetString()
      elseif event = invalid
        ut.AsyncCancel()
        ' reset the connection on timeouts
        'ut = CreateURLTransferObject(url)
        'timeout = 2 * timeout
      else
        print "roUrlTransfer::AsyncGetToString(): unknown event"
      endif
    end if
  
    return result
  
  end function
  