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3 Sends a web request to a specified address (URL). Stores the answer in a specified variable.
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5 A web request is a way to communicate with a server on the internet. This feature is used to fetch data from websites or web services, such as fetching weather information or retrieving data from a database.
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7 **ATTENTION: Web requests are very powerful, but also very dangerous.**
8 [[Learn more ~>~>>>doc:Documentation.Web requests.WebHome]]
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10 [[[[image:send-web-request-brick.png]]>>doc:Documentation.Web requests.WebHome]]
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19 ==== **Example** ====
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21 Sends a web request to retrieve a random joke. The answer is extracted with the help of regular expressions.
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23 [[image:send-web-request-example.png||alt="store-column-example.png"]]
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25 The free joke api returns data in the following json format:
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27 **{"id":10,"type":"general","setup":"What kind of shoes does a thief
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31 To extract the setup phrase in case you stored the result in variable "joke", use the following regular expression:
32 **regular expression( '"setup":"(.*?)"' , "joke" )**
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35 The result will be: What kind of shoes does a thief wear?
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38 To extract the setup phrase, use the following regular expression:
39 **regular expression( '"punchline":"(.*?)"' , "joke" )**
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41 The result will be: Sneakers
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49 ==== **Result** ====
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51 [[[[image:null4.png||alt="Download"]]>>https://share.catrob.at/app/project/045e7be6-db1a-11ea-a5c3-005056a36f47]]
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