📜 API

import "$url"

The core import function downloads the $url parameter and caches it to the file system. Finally, it sources the downloaded script.

#!/usr/bin/env import
import "https://import.sh/string@0.2.0"

echo InPuT | string_upper
# INPUT

import_file "$url"

Uses the same download and caching infrastructure as import, but prints the local file path instead of sourcing the file. This enables working with arbitrary files such as scripts from other languages, simple data files, binary files, etc.

#!/usr/bin/env import

ruby "$(import_file https://import.sh/importpw/import/test/static/sum.rb)" 9 10 11 12
# 42

import_cache_dir "$name"

Returns the operating system specific path to the cache directory for the given $name. This function honors the XDG Base Directory Specification by utilizing the $XDG_CACHE_HOME environment variable, if defined. Otherwise it falls back to using:

• $HOME/Library/Caches on macOS
• $LOCALAPPDATA on Windows
• $HOME/.cache everywhere else

#!/usr/bin/env import

import_cache_dir example
# /Users/nate/Library/Caches/example

XDG_CACHE_HOME=/cache import_cache_dir example
# /cache/example

import_cache_dir_import

Returns the operating system specific path to the cache directory that files imported using import are written to. This function returns the contents the $IMPORT_CACHE environment variable, if defined. Otherwise it returns the result of import_cache_dir import.sh.

#!/usr/bin/env import

import_cache_dir_import
# /Users/nate/Library/Caches/import.sh

IMPORT_CACHE=/tmp import_cache_dir_import
# /tmp