getURL()

Allocates and retrieves a remote file as MIME object from a URL.

Syntax
getURL(urlString)
getURL(urlString, dateString)
getURL(urlString, eTag)

The function returns the result as MIME Object.

Example
var obj = getURL("http://helma.org/");
res.write(obj.getText());
...see helma.org
:->

var obj = getURL("ftp://user:pass@ftp.server.dom/welcome.txt");
res.write(obj.getText());
Welcome on the FTP server of server.dom!

var obj = getURL("file:///home/snoopy/www/images/image.gif");
res.write(obj.contentType);
image/gif

Page last modified on 2003-01-17 15:19 by tobi