This [[Module Library|XQuery Module]] provides simple functions to fetch the content of resources identified by URIs. Resources can be stored locally or remotely and e.g. use the {{Code|file://}} or {{Code|http://}} scheme. The If more control over HTTP requests is required, the [[HTML HTTP Module]] can be used to convert . With the [[HTML Module]], retrieved HTML documents can be converted to XML.
The module has initially been inspired by [http://www.zorba-xquery.com/html/modules/zorba/io/fetch Zorba’s Fetch Module].