#create a file in zope/Extensions calledd, useCURL.py

import curl
import tempfile

def useCURL(uri='dict://dict.org/d:zope'):
    f = tempfile.TemporaryFile()
    ret = ""

    _curl = curl.init()
    _curl.setopt(curl.URL, uri)
    _curl.setopt(curl.FILE, f)
    _curl.setopt(curl.NOPROGRESS, 1)
    _curl.setopt(curl.FOLLOWLOCATION, 1)
    _curl.setopt(curl.MAXREDIRS, 5)
    _curl.perform()
    _curl.cleanup()

    f.seek(0)

    for l in f.readlines():
        ret = ret + l

    f.close()

    return ret

# create a External Method called useCURL
# id - getURI, module- useCURL, function - useCURL

# inside a dtml method 
<pre>
<dtml-var "getURI(uri='dict://dict.org/d:zope')">
</pre>