urlread

urlread(urlstring) returns the html contents from the URL specified in urlstring.

urlread(urlstring,proxystring) allows specifying proxy settings if any. The format expected for proxystring is ipaddress:port, e.g.: 192.168.1.100:8080.

Examples

> urlread('https://www.example.com')#

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Example Domain</title>

    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta https-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
    <style type="text/css">
    body {
        background-color: #f0f0f2;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

    }
    div {
        width: 600px;
        margin: 5em auto;
        padding: 50px;
        background-color: #fff;
        border-radius: 1em;
    }
    a:link, a:visited {
        color: #38488f;
        text-decoration: none;
    }
    @media (max-width: 700px) {
        body {
            background-color: #fff;
        }
        div {
            width: auto;
            margin: 0 auto;
            border-radius: 0;
            padding: 1em;
        }
    }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
<div>
<h1>Example Domain</h1>
	<p>This domain is established to be used for illustrative examples in documents. You may use this domain in examples without prior coordination or asking for permission.</p><p><a href="https://www.iana.org/domains/example"> More information...</a></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Resources

See also

fopen | fprintf | xml2table