CURL(url[,post-data])
Description
When this function is read, a HTTP GET (by default) will be used to retrieve the contents of the provided url. The contents are returned as the result of the function.
``` title="Displaying contents of a page" exten => s,1,Verbose(0, ${CURL(http://localhost:8088/static/astman.css)})
When this function is written to, a `HTTP GET` will be used to retrieve the contents of the provided *url*. The value written to the function specifies the destination file of the cURL'd resource.
``` title="Retrieving a file"
exten => s,1,Set(CURL(http://localhost:8088/static/astman.css)=/var/spool/asterisk/tmp/astman.css))
Note
If live_dangerously in asterisk.conf is set to no, this function can only be written to from the dialplan, and not directly from external protocols. Read operations are unaffected.
Arguments
urlrequired - The full URL for the resource to retrieve.post-data- Read Only
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