Fetch

The JavaScript fetch API is available; but we also provide a helper fetchText for issuing requests into a friendly format.

fetchText

Use fetchText to issue requests and download text from the internet.

const { text, file } = await fetchText("https://....")
if (text) $`And also ${text}`

def("FILE", file)

fetchText will also resolve the contents of file in the current workspace if the url is a relative path.

const { file } = await fetchText("README.md")
def("README", file)

Secrets

If the API you are querying requires an API key, you can use the secrets object to store the key.