getfile
Makes a standard HTTP request and return the contents as Murex-aware data type for passing along Murex pipelines.
Fetches a resource from a URL - setting stdout data-type
getfile url -> <stdout>
getfile google.com
This simply fetches a resource (via HTTP GET request) from a URL and returns the byte stream to stdout. It will set stdout’s data-type based on MIME defined in the Content-Type
HTTP header.
It is recommended that you only use this command if you’re pipelining the output (eg writing to file or passing on to another function). If you just want to render the output to the terminal then use open
which has hooks for smart terminal rendering.
Running get
, post
or getfile
as a method will transmit the contents of stdin as part of the body of the HTTP request. When run as a method the Content-Type
HTTP header will automatically be set to the default MIME for the data type from stdin.
This is defined in config
, pre-defined by sensible defaults from each murex data type. For example:
» config get shell default-mimes -> [json]
application/json
You can override this at the global level via shell default-mimes, or at the local level via http headers:
config set http headers %{
api.example.com: {
Content-Type: application/foobar
}
}
getfile
has a number of behavioral options which can be configured via Murex’s standard config
tool:
config -> [ http ]
To change a default, for example the user agent string:
config set http user-agent "bob"
getfile google.com
This enables sane, repeatable and readable defaults. Read the documents on config
for more details about it’s usage and the rational behind the command.
config
: Query or define Murex runtime settingsget
: Makes a standard HTTP request and returns the result as a JSON objectopen
: Open a file with a preferred handlerpost
: HTTP POST request with a JSON-parsable returnThis document was generated from builtins/core/httpclient/get_doc.yaml.
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