NAME

       ns_geturl - commands

SYNOPSIS

       ns_geturl URL ?headersSetId?
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DESCRIPTION

       This command retrieves the contents of the specified URL. The URL must be a remote http server, or a file
       relative  to  the  pageroot  (begins with /).  It does not handle a relative request or follow redirects.
       The headerSetId option is a variable containing an ns_set Id (not expanded with a $) used  to  store  the
       remote server headers (see example).  ns_geturl only support HTTP version 1.0.

EXAMPLES

              set page [ns_geturl "www.aolserver.com"]
              ns_return 200 text/html $page

       This fetches the contents of www.aolserver.com and returns that page to the client.

              set headers [ns_set new]
              set page [ns_geturl "www.aolserver.com" headers]
              for {set i 0} {$i < [ns_set size $headers]} {incr i} {
                 ns_puts "Key: [ns_set key $headers $i]"
                 ns_puts "Value: [ns_set value $headers $i]"
              }

       This  time,  a  blank headerset is passed to ns_geturl so we can retrieve the headers of the remote page,
       which we print out to the client.

              set file [ns_geturl "/foo/bar.html"]
              ns_return 200 text/html $file

       This example fetches the /foo/bar.html file relative to the pageroot and returns it to the client.

SEE ALSO

       nsd(1), info(n), ns_set(n), ns_httpget(n)

KEYWORDS

AOLserver                                              4.0                                 ns_geturl(3aolserver)