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Fetch Url by xream — Agent Skill

Name: Fetch Url
Author: xream

File contents

Fetch URL

Fetch raw HTTP responses from URLs. Supports multiple URLs and custom headers.

Usage

# Single URL
node {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://api.example.com/data"

# Multiple URLs
node {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs '["https://api.example.com/data1", "https://api.example.com/data2"]'

# With custom headers (per-URL)
node {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs '["https://api.example.com/json", "https://api.example.com/text"]' '[{"accept":"application/json"}, {"accept":"text/plain"}]'

# With timeout
node {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://api.example.com/data" --timeout 60000

Examples

JSON API

# GitHub API - get repository info
node {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/vscode" '{"accept":"application/json","user-agent":"Mozilla/5.0"}'

XML

# SOAP service or XML endpoint
node {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://api.example.com/soap" '{"accept":"application/xml"}'

# Sitemap
node {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://example.com/sitemap.xml"

RSS / Atom Feed

# RSS 2.0 feed
node {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://example.com/rss.xml" '{"accept":"application/rss+xml"}'

# Atom feed
node {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://example.com/atom.xml" '{"accept":"application/atom+xml"}'

CSV / Plain Text

# CSV data
node {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://example.com/data.csv" '{"accept":"text/csv"}'

# Plain text
node {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://example.com/robots.txt" '{"accept":"text/plain"}'

Multiple Formats

# Fetch JSON and XML in parallel
node {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs '["https://api.example.com/data.json", "https://api.example.com/data.xml"]' '[{"accept":"application/json"}, {"accept":"application/xml"}]'

Options

urls_json: JSON array of URLs or a single URL string
headers_json: Optional JSON array of headers objects (same length as urls)
--timeout <ms>: Request timeout in milliseconds (default: 30000)

Notes:

Returns raw HTTP response body
For multiple URLs, returns JSON array of results
Node.js 18+ required (native fetch)

---name: fetch-urldescription: Fetch URL---# Fetch URLFetch raw HTTP responses from URLs. Supports multiple URLs and custom headers.## Usage```bash# Single URLnode {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://api.example.com/data"# Multiple URLsnode {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs '["https://api.example.com/data1", "https://api.example.com/data2"]'# With custom headers (per-URL)node {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs '["https://api.example.com/json", "https://api.example.com/text"]' '[{"accept":"application/json"}, {"accept":"text/plain"}]'# With timeoutnode {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://api.example.com/data" --timeout 60000```## Examples### JSON API```bash# GitHub API - get repository infonode {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/vscode" '{"accept":"application/json","user-agent":"Mozilla/5.0"}'```### XML```bash# SOAP service or XML endpointnode {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://api.example.com/soap" '{"accept":"application/xml"}'# Sitemapnode {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://example.com/sitemap.xml"```### RSS / Atom Feed```bash# RSS 2.0 feednode {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://example.com/rss.xml" '{"accept":"application/rss+xml"}'# Atom feednode {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://example.com/atom.xml" '{"accept":"application/atom+xml"}'```### CSV / Plain Text```bash# CSV datanode {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://example.com/data.csv" '{"accept":"text/csv"}'# Plain textnode {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs "https://example.com/robots.txt" '{"accept":"text/plain"}'```### Multiple Formats```bash# Fetch JSON and XML in parallelnode {baseDir}/scripts/fetch.mjs '["https://api.example.com/data.json", "https://api.example.com/data.xml"]' '[{"accept":"application/json"}, {"accept":"application/xml"}]'```## Options- `urls_json`: JSON array of URLs or a single URL string- `headers_json`: Optional JSON array of headers objects (same length as urls)- `--timeout <ms>`: Request timeout in milliseconds (default: 30000)Notes:- Returns raw HTTP response body- For multiple URLs, returns JSON array of results- Node.js 18+ required (native fetch)

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