Fetch Module

This XQuery Module provides functions to fetch the content of resources identified by URIs. For example, it fetches the content of file or http resources. The module has been inspired by Zorba’s Fetch Module.

Functions

fetch:content

Signatures	fetch:content($uri as xs:string) as xs:string fetch:content($uri as xs:string, $encoding as xs:string) as xs:string
Summary	Fetches the resource referred to by the given URI and returns it as string.
Errors	FODC0001: the URI could not be resolved, or the resource could not be retrieved. FODC0002: the specified encoding is not supported, or unknown.
Examples	fetch:content("http://en.wikipedia.org") returns a string representation of the English Wikipedia main HTML page.

fetch:content-binary

Signatures	fetch:content-binary($uri as xs:string) as xs:string
Summary	Fetches the resource referred to by the given URI and returns it as base64Binary.
Errors	FODC0001: the URI could not be resolved, or the resource could not be retrieved.
Examples	fetch:content-binary("http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/color_etopo1_ice_low.jpg") returns the addressed image.

Errors

Code	Description
BXFE0001	The URI could not be resolved, or the resource could not be retrieved.
BXFE0002	The specified encoding is not supported, or unknown.

Changelog

The module was introduced with Version 7.5.1.