The URL package is a collection of commands for getting and posting data via URLs. The URL package supports the http, https and ftp URL schemes.

On Linux, https support requires an SSL-enabled libcurl package be installed. The default libcurl package for most distributions should suffice. Windows and OS X have SSL support available by default.

The URL package is a generalization of the HTTP package. The HTTP package is implemented on top of the URL package.

For more information on the URL format, see Construct.

Each command in the URL package can be accessed by using either the long form or the short form of the command name in the command calling sequence.

Because the underlying implementation of the URL package is a module, it is possible to use the form URL:-command to access a command from the package. For more information, see Module Members.

The following is a list of commands available in the URL package.

To display the help page for a particular URL command, see Getting Help with a Command in a Package.

$\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{URL}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{Get}\left(''http://www.maplesoft.com/''\right)\:$

$\mathrm{Get}\left(''https://www.dropbox.com/''\right)\:$

$\mathrm{Get}\left(''ftp://ftp.cert.org/pub/README''\right)\:$

The URL package was introduced in Maple 18.

For more information on Maple 18 changes, see Updates in Maple 18.