HttpGet

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httpGet

httpGet(URL[, header..]) - Fetches and returns the specified web page.

Parameters

  • URL - the URL to fetch.

Optional parameters

Extra headers can be added as additional parameters - for example:

html = httpGet("http://www.site.com/login.php", "Authorization: Basic QWxhZGRpbjpvcGVuIHNlc2FtZQ==", "Referer: http://www.site.com");

Return value

The contents of that URL.

Example

html = httpGet("http://www.google.com");
log(html);

will log the contents of Google's home page.

For a more complete example, please see the weather report sample application.