# import-file-from-url

## Description

<mark style="color:purple;">`import-file-from-url`</mark> *adaptor imports a file from the web*.

Imports a file into Data-flo to make it available for processing. Should be used in conjunction with other adaptors for processing.

## Inputs

**`url`**\
Type: `text`\
Required: Yes\
The URL of the file to be imported.

**`output file name`**\
Type: `text`\
Required: No\
The name of the output file. If unspecified, defaults to the remote file name.

## Outputs

**`file`**\
Type: `file`\
The imported file.

## Examples

### Example 1: Default behaviour.

#### Inputs:

`url` : <https://s3.amazonaws.com/example-bucket/example-folder/demo.nwk>

`output file name` : *null (empty)*

#### Outputs:

`file`: demo.nwk

```
(Bovine:0.69395,(Gibbon:0.0,(Orangutan:0.0,(Gorilla:0.0,(Chimp:0.0,Human:0.0)123:0.0)test:0.06124):0.0):0.54939,Mouse:1.21460);
```

-> Imported the Newick file `demo.nwk` from a public S3 bucket.

## Use Cases

* Pulling in ‘reports’ that get updated online.
* Enables users to retrieve files from the web for further processing and transformation in Data-flo
* Users are able to pull in ‘reports’ or data files that get updated online or on an online repository (e.g., Github)


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