Read a remote file and return its content.

await readUrl(url[, options])

Examples

const data = await readUrl(
  'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh'
);

Notes

Memory Cache

Results are cached in memory by default. This means that if you try to read the same URL twice in the same script, the second call will bypass the HTTP call and return the cached response from the first call.

You can disable this behavior by setting options.memoryCache to false.

Disk Cache

The cache can also be saved on disk so it can persists between runs. To enable this behavior, set the options.diskCache to any directory path. Responses will be saved on disk in this directory. To clear the cache, simply delete the directory.

Headers

Additional HTTP headers can be passed to the underlying got instance.