# getURL

#### Availability

Flash 2. The `GET` and `POST` options are only available to Flash Player 4 and later versions of the player.

#### Usage

    getURL(url [, window [, "variables"]])

#### Parameters

`url` The URL from which to obtain the document.

`window` An optional parameter specifying the window or HTML frame that the document should load into. You can enter the name of a specific window or choose from the following reserved target names:

- `_self` specifies the current frame in the current window.
- `_blank` specifies a new window.
- `_parent` specifies the parent of the current frame.
- `_top` specifies the top-level frame in the current window.

`variables` A `GET` or `POST` method for sending variables. If there are no variables, omit this parameter. The `GET` method appends the variables to the end of the URL, and is used for small numbers of variables. The `POST` method sends the variables in a separate HTTP header and is used for sending long strings of variables.

#### Returns

Nothing.

#### Description

Action; loads a document from a specific URL into a window or passes variables to another application at a defined URL. To test this action, make sure the file to be loaded is at the specified location. To use an absolute URL (for example, `http://www.myserver.com`), you need a network connection.

#### Example

This example loads a new URL into a blank browser window. The `getURL` action targets the variable `incomingAd` as the `url` parameter so that you can change the loaded URL without having to edit the Flash movie. The `incomingAd` variable's value is passed into Flash earlier in the movie using a `loadVariables` action.

    on(release) {
    	getURL(incomingAd, "_blank");
    }

#### See also

`loadVariables()`, `XML.send()`, `XML.sendAndLoad()`, `XMLSocket.send()`