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 is very similar to 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	Tries to fetch the resource referred to by the given URI.
Errors	FODC0002: the resource could not be retrieved.
Examples	fetch:content('http://en.wikipedia.org'/) returns a string representation of the English Wikipedia main HTML page.

Changelog

The module was introduced with Version 7.5.1.