# Reading URL contents

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/reading-url-contents/27339>\
**Category:** Web\
**Created:** [October 19, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/reading-url-contents/27339 "2015-10-19T03:11:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sivakumar\_Kathan](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Sivakumar\_Kathan](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Sivakumar_Kathan)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/reading-url-contents/27339/1 "2015-10-19T03:11:15Z")

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How to read URL contents to a buffer (String) without using HTMLViewer?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Wayne\_Golding](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/wayne_golding/32/165_2.png) [@Wayne\_Golding](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Wayne_Golding)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/reading-url-contents/27339/2 "2015-10-19T03:26:05Z")

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Use a HTTPSocket. See [http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/HTTPSocket](http://documentation.xojo.com/index.php/HTTPSocket)

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**Author:** ![Sivakumar\_Kathan](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Sivakumar\_Kathan](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Sivakumar_Kathan)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/reading-url-contents/27339/3 "2015-10-19T03:34:11Z")

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Great. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/reading-url-contents/27339/4 "2020-10-29T18:00:34Z")

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