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readHtmlPage
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The readHtmlPage function uses the host i/o environment to navigate the
Internet World Wide Web and return the contents of the specified HTML page. The following
types of URL's are recognized: The entire contents of the HTML document are returned in a ByteVector. All of the
HTML tags are included; however, documents referenced within the HTML tags, such as
jpeg or gif files, are not included. Note: The Internet dial up connection must already be established. The
readHtmlPage will not initiate an Internet connection if one is not already
established. When to use Use the readHtmlPage function when an Lambda needs to obtain information
from the Internet World Wide Web.
(readHtmlPage urlName waitCount) Returns the entire contents of the specified HTML page including all tags.
Here are a number of links to Lambda coding examples which contain this instruction in various use cases.
Here are the links to the data types of the function arguments. Here are also a number of links to functions having arguments with any of these data types.
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Name
Description
AIS Types urlName Any properly constructed URL of an HTML page. String waitCount (Optional) The length of time to wait for the URL request to be answered. Integer
Returns:
Examples
Argument Types
Integer
String
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