it lives! we can get the data from a webserver now

contents/code/main.js

 // We create the SVG object; this will cause it to load the file in
 // contents/images/tiger.svg
+
+plasmoid.include("fetchUrl.js")
+
+var fetcher = new UrlFetcher
 var svg = new PlasmaSvg('routes')
 var lines = Array("active", "quick", "contour", "os", "vendor", "hauptbahnhof")
-var active = Array("contour-1", "contour-2", "active-1", "active-7")
+var active = new Array
+
+function setActive(data)
+{
+    active = data.split("\n")
+    plasmoid.update()
+}
+
+print("EXAMINING FETCHER")
+for (i in fetcher) { print("we have: " + i) }
+print("EXAMINATION COMPLETE")
+fetcher.fetch("http://127.0.0.1/activeprogress", setActive)
 //plasmoid.setAction('myAction', i18n('Toggle KDE Logo'), 'plasma')
+//http://plasma.kde.org/activestops
 
 plasmoid.paintInterface = function(painter, options, rect)
 {
@@ -19,3 +35,4 @@ plasmoid.paintInterface = function(painter, options, rect)
     }
 }
 
+