The HTTP API > The HTTP API > MMHttp.getText() |
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Description
Retrieves the contents of the document at the specified URL.
Arguments
URL
The argument is an absolute URL on a Web server; if "http://" is omitted from the URL, it is assumed.
Returns
An object that represents the reply from the server. The data
property of this object is a string containing the contents of the document.
Example
The following code gets the contents of a file on a Web server and puts it in a new, untitled Dreamweaver document:
var httpReply = MMHttp.getText("http://www.dreamcentral.com/¬ people/profiles/lori.html"); if (httpReply.statusCode == 200){ var newDoc = dw.createDocument(); newDoc.documentElement.outerHTML = httpReply.data; }
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