Thank you for the response Xeroc and even mr Tonyk.
While that definitely works, it isn't using the method I would like to use. I don't want to delve into RPC calls even if they are very easy. (because no other block explorer / api does this) I was looking more for something like a normal web API where the whole call is in the GET. It is almost easier for me to scrape a block-explorer, (already implemented using regexes) it is just a bit of wasted resources to do as the full page is generated and discarded just to grab a balance. I want to be a friendly netizen.