<get>
The <get> task enables you to get a file from a given URL. One such example of how you could leverage this task is hitting a URL that in turn generates an SMS/email to notify someone something has gone wrong (or right). This task could also be used for something as simple as downloading an external resource.
Table 4.38 gives a list of the task’s associated attributes.
| Attributes | Description |
|---|---|
| Required | |
| dest | The destination for the retrieved file. |
| src | The source URL from which to get the file. |
| Optional | |
| ignoreerrors | If true, errors will be logged but will not stop the task executing to the end. |
| password | Specifies the password for basic HTTP authentication. Should be specified along with the username attribute. ... |
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