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Version 0.3.1.1 revision 0 uploaded by MagnusTherning.

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Synopsis
High-level file download based on URLs
Description

High-level file download based on URLs

Download web content as strict bytestring, strings, HTML tags, XML, RSS or Atom feeds or JSON, via HTTP, FTP or file protocols, using a URL interface.

Importing the library:

import Network.Download

Loading a webpage as a ByteString:

doc  <- openURI "http://haskell.org"

Loading from a file:

doc  <- openURI "file:///tmp/A.hs"

Loading a HTML page as a list of tags:

tags <- openAsTags "http://haskell.org"

Loading a HTML page as XML:

tags <- openAsXML "http://haskell.org"

Loading an RSS or Atom feed:

feed <- openAsFeed "http://haskell.org"

These data types can the be processed further with the XML, Feed and TagSoup libraries.

Author
Don Stewart
Bug reports
n/a
Category
Network
Copyright
(c) 2008, Don Stewart <dons@galois.com>
Homepage
http://code.haskell.org/~dons/code/download
Maintainer
Don Stewart <dons@galois.com>
Package URL
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Stability
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