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wget() Netscript Function
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.. js:function:: wget(url, target[, hostname/ip=current ip])
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:param string url: URL to pull data from
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:param string target: Filename to write data to. Must be script or text file
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:param string ip: Optional hostname/ip of server for target file.
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:RAM cost: 0 GB
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Retrieves data from a URL and downloads it to a file on the specified server. The data can only
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be downloaded to a script (.script, .ns, .js) or a text file (.txt). If the file already exists,
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it will be overwritten by this command.
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Note that it will not be possible to download data from many websites because they do not allow
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cross-origin resource sharing (CORS). Example::
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wget("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danielyxie/bitburner/master/README.md", "game_readme.txt");
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**IMPORTANT:** This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise. The Promise's resolved
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value will be a boolean indicating whether or not the data was successfully
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retrieved from the URL. Because the function is async and returns a Promise,
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it is recommended you use :code:`wget` in :ref:`netscriptjs`.
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In NetscriptJS, you must preface any call to
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:code:`wget` with the :code:`await` keyword (like you would :code:`hack` or :code:`sleep`).
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:code:`wget` will still work in :ref:`netscript1`, but the functions execution will not
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be synchronous (i.e. it may not execute when you expect/want it to). Furthermore, since Promises are not
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supported in ES5, you will not be able to process the returned value of :code:`wget` in
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Netscript 1.0.
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