i've browsed and looked and done everything i can think of to answer this question .. but i can't find info on it anywhere.
is it possible, with LUA, to open an HTTP socket and get/post data?
wel basicly you just open a socket connect to the server and send you get request and wait for if something is comming back...
I made a script called imdb.freedb look at it
go here if you don't want to bother learning the http protocol and blocking sockets
http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/luasocket/
-NotRabidWombat