Re: func return web url content

[Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>]

Alex <project@gnuhacker.org> writes:

Hi Alex,

> Hi, I need a function that return an url content.
>
> If GET request to https://gnu.cat/text/rxy.txt return "Hi"
>
> a func like:
>
>   (defun wget-req (url)
>    (...))
>
> (wget-req "https://gnu.cat/text/rxy.txt") => "Hi"

This would do:

(defun th/url-retrieve-contents (url)
  (with-current-buffer (url-retrieve-synchronously url)
    (goto-char (point-min))
    (when (re-search-forward "\n\n" nil t)
      (buffer-substring (point) (point-max)))))

(th/url-retrieve-contents "https://gnu.cat/text/rxy.txt")

Bye,
Tassilo