# The SimpleML library

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-simpleml-library/12347>\
**Category:** Libraries\
**Created:** [June 27, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-simpleml-library/12347 "2019-06-27T19:49:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![JLHAtienza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@JLHAtienza](https://discourse.processing.org/u/JLHAtienza)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-simpleml-library/12347/1 "2019-06-27T19:49:04Z")

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So I’m dealing right now with _Asynchronous Request_ thing and I heard that **Simple ML Library** is terminated since 2010 for some reason, is there any library that I can use for an alternative to SimpleML, if none, how can we deal with _Asynchronous Request_ now?.

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-simpleml-library/12347/2 "2019-06-30T00:04:38Z")

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When you say “asynchronous request thing” – what, specifically, are you trying to do?

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**Author:** ![JLHAtienza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@JLHAtienza](https://discourse.processing.org/u/JLHAtienza)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-simpleml-library/12347/3 "2019-06-30T02:54:21Z")

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I’m trying to retrieve a raw data from web pages using a “blocking function” _loadStrings()_.

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 3:08am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/the-simpleml-library/12347/4 "2019-06-30T03:08:18Z")

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One option if you want something to not be blocking: use thread.

[https://processing.org/reference/thread\_.html](https://processing.org/reference/thread_.html)