Ok then,
thanks for the answers - I'll look into using the getURLContent function
then.


vmassol wrote
> On 7 Mar 2016 at 16:24:11, pgregoire (

> pgregoire@

> ) wrote:
> 
> Well, 
> file:// aside, I'm wondering whether there is an xwiki macro that will 
> actually get the URL content of a certain URL, and render it within a
> page. 
> ==Yes that works fine.==
> 
> 
> I thought that this was what getURLContent did, but if such is the case, 
> then it's my understanding that the macro runs on the server to render a 
> page which it makes available to the client side. 
> ==Correct.==
> 
> Then, it is the server that accesses the said URL content, hence the
> browser 
> security settings would be irrelevant since the client browser is reading
> a 
> wiki page like any other, no matter where the URL content originated
> from. 
> ==Sure. But if the server can access a remote page then so can your local
> browser ;) (unless you have proxy security settings that prevent you from
> doing so).==
> Indeed, it is security settings preventing me - IE's default settings let
> it through and I do see the webpage. However I don't want to have to
> change those settings enterprise-wide, which is why I'm looking into an
> alternate solution.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -Vincent
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