Re: Function to download a URL and return it as a string

[jun net]

There is a function I can't remember exactly. Maybe with-temp-string? Like with-current-buffer, but makes all output to a temp string.
在 2012-12-9 下午1:20，"Sean McAfee" <eefacm@gmail.com>写道：
>
> I recently wanted to be able to download a document from a URL and
> return it as a string.  I couldn't find a function that did that
> precisely, but I was able to construct my own:
>
> (defun download (url)
>   (with-current-buffer (url-retrieve-synchronously url)
>     (prog2
>         (when (not (search-forward-regexp "^$" nil t))
>           (error "Unable to locate downloaded data"))
>         (buffer-substring (1+ (point)) (point-max))
>       (kill-buffer))))
>
> This seems rather busy for such a basic-seeming operation--in
> particular, having to take care to delete the buffer created by
> url-retrieve-synchronously.  Is there a better way to do it?
>
> (On the other hand, this way I get to use prog2, which I almost never
> do.)