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action:Get_a_URL
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Get a URL
The Get a URL action (v8+) downloads from a specified web location.
Output of Results
The results can be:
- Ignored.
- Displayed in a floating window.
- Displayed briefly in a Notification.
- Displayed large across the screen.
- Typed in to the current selection.
- Pasted in to the current selection.
- Saved to a variable.
- Appended to a variable (v9.0+).
- Saved to the system or a Named Clipboard.
- Saved to a file (v11.0+).
- Asynchronously ignored — the action runs while the macro continues on.
You can (v9.0+) include a parameter if desired. The Gear menu controls what characters of the parameter(s) are encoded. For Percent Encode Parameter Fields (the default), all characters other than = and & (and letters and digits) are percent encoded. For Percent Encode Parameter, all characters (other than letters and digits) are percent encoded.
If the output is going to a clipboard or a file, the downloaded data can be an image.
See Also
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action/Get_a_URL.txt · Last modified: 2024/11/25 00:02 by peternlewis
