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<div><h1>getWWW -- get a web page</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><div><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>getWWW URL</tt></div>
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<li>Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>URL</tt>, <span>a <a href="___String.html">string</a></span></span></li>
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<li>Outputs:<ul><li><span>the contents of the web page, together with the http headers, at the address given by <tt>URL</tt></span></li>
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<div><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>getWWW(URL,TEXT)</tt></div>
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<li>Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>URL</tt>, <span>a <a href="___String.html">string</a></span></span></li>
<li><span><tt>TEXT</tt>, <span>a <a href="___String.html">string</a></span></span></li>
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<li>Outputs:<ul><li><span>obtain the contents of the web page addressed by <tt>URL</tt> from an http server, using the POST method, provided with <tt>TEXT</tt></span></li>
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<p>Accessing a secure web site (whose URL begins with <tt>https:</tt>) depends on your having installed <tt>openssl</tt> on your system.</p>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Ways to use <tt>getWWW</tt> :</h2>
<ul><li>getWWW(String)</li>
<li>getWWW(String,Nothing)</li>
<li>getWWW(String,String)</li>
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