GETURL()
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Contents
Purpose
Function to talk with HTTP web servers and consume data provided by web services
Syntax
GETURL(<expC1> [, <expN> [, <expO> | <dynamic-array> [, expC2>]]])
See Also
AT(), ATNEXT(), FCLOSE(), FCREATE(), FERROR(), FGETS(), FILETOSTR(), FOPEN(), FPUTS(), FREAD(), FREADSTR(), FWRITE(), ISSERVER(), JSON_DECODE_FILE(), POSTURL(), SUBSTR(), STUFF(), STR(), STREXTRACT(), STRTOFILE(), STRTRAN(), STRZERO(), TRIM(), XML_DECODE_FILE()
Description
The GETURL() function reads the specified URL, <expC1>, and returns its contents as text. The optional <expN> parameter allows a timeout in seconds to be set.
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| <expC1> | Fully qualified URI | http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=twitterapi&rpp=1 |
| <expN> | The timeout in seconds for the request (default 30). Set this to 0 for no timeout. | 30 |
| <expO> | <dynamic-array> | An object or dynamic array containing the HTTP header elements | headers = array()
headers[] = "Host: search.twitter.com" headers[] = "Authentication: Basic " + base64_encode("username:password") |
| <expC2> | Name of file in which to store data | "myfilename.json" |
Example
<!-- twitter.rsp --> <html> <body> <% ? geturl("http://twitter.com/recitalsoftware",60) %> </body> </html>
