docs/current_docs/partials/cookbook/filesystems/_request-file-http.mdx
Examples
Request the README.md file from the public dagger/dagger GitHub repository over HTTPS, save it as /src/myfile in the container, and return the container:
<Tabs groupId="shell">
<TabItem value="System shell">
```shell
dagger -c 'read-file-http https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagger/dagger/refs/heads/main/README.md'
```
</TabItem>
<TabItem value="Dagger Shell">
```shell title="First type 'dagger' for interactive mode."
read-file-http https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagger/dagger/refs/heads/main/README.md
```
</TabItem>
<TabItem value="Dagger CLI">
```shell
dagger call read-file-http --url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagger/dagger/refs/heads/main/README.md
```
</TabItem>
</Tabs>
Request the README.md file from the public dagger/dagger GitHub repository over HTTPS, save it as /src/myfile in the container, and display its contents:
<Tabs groupId="shell">
<TabItem value="System shell">
```shell
dagger <<EOF
read-file-http https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagger/dagger/refs/heads/main/README.md |
file /src/myfile |
contents
EOF
```
</TabItem>
<TabItem value="Dagger Shell">
```shell title="First type 'dagger' for interactive mode."
read-file-http https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagger/dagger/refs/heads/main/README.md | file /src/myfile | contents
```
</TabItem>
<TabItem value="Dagger CLI">
```shell
dagger call \
read-file-http --url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dagger/dagger/refs/heads/main/README.md \
file --path=/src/myfile \
contents
```
</TabItem>
</Tabs>