# URI-FetchFile
Perl6 module to retrieve a file from the internet by the best available method
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https://travis-ci.org/jonathanstowe/URI-FetchFile)
## Synopsis
```perl6
use URI::FetchFile;
if fetch-uri('
http://rakudo.org/downloads/star/rakudo-star-2016.10.tar.gz', 'rakudo-star-2016.10.tar.gz') {
# do something with the file
}
else {
die "couldn't get file";
}
```
## Description
This provides a simple method of retrieving a single file via HTTP using the
best available method whilst trying to limit the dependencies.
It is intended to be used by installers or builders that may need to retrieve
a file but otherwise have no need for an HTTP client.
It will try to use the first available method from:
* HTTP::UserAgent
* LWP::Simple
* curl
* wget
Please feel free to suggest and/or implement other mechanisms.
## Installation
Assuming you have a working installation of Rakudo perl6 you can install
this using ```zef``` :
zef install URI::FetchFile
Other mechanisms may become available in the future.
## Support
Please make any reports, suggestions etc to
https://github.com/jonathanstowe/URI-FetchFile/issues
## Licence and Copyright
© Jonathan Stowe 2016 - 2019
This is free software please see the the [LICENCE](LICENCE) file for details.
