Windows batch How will I call a url and test the returned value?

Question

I would like to have the url call and if test done as batch, draft as shell script below, what would the Windows equivilent of the following shell script look like?

tmp=$( curl -s "http://server.my.lan/test.php" );

if [ $tmp == "0" ]; then
  # Windows calls 2 next lines, the action I would like if the URL does not return 0
  #net stop "World Wide Web Publishing Service"
  #net start "World Wide Web Publishing Service"
fi

What is the Windows equivilent of curl?

possible duplicate of [steps to setup cURL in windows](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9507353/steps-to-setup-curl-in-windows) — Adriano Repetti, Jan 29 '14 at 07:11

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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If you want to use curl on Windows you'll have to set it up. See this question: How do I install/set up and use cURL on Windows?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered Jan 29 '14 at 06:34

Paul Keister

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 29 '14 at 07:47

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Download the standalone version of cURL for windows from here: http://curl.haxx.se/download.html

@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('curl -s "http://server.my.lan/test.php" ') do set "tmp=%%a"

if "%tmp%" equ "" (
  net stop "World Wide Web Publishing Service"
  net start "World Wide Web Publishing Service"
)

answered Jan 29 '14 at 07:47

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for /f "delims=" %%a in ('echo 0 ') do set "tmp=%%a" tells me %%a was unexpected at this time. – Wounded Knee Jan 30 '14 at 03:37
@WoundedKnee Did you executed this in command prompt or in a batch file? It it's the command prompt you need to use single `%` – npocmaka Jan 30 '14 at 06:27
Yes, I executed this on the command line, what is the difference between % and %%? – Wounded Knee Feb 21 '14 at 09:36

Windows batch How will I call a url and test the returned value?

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