Shapefile as input from url

[Test_Neo (Neo)]

How do i take shapefile present in a url as input?
I know how to take shapefile as input when stored locally.

[scottd (Scott Davidson)]

@Test_Neo

How do i take shapefile present in a url as input?

Not sure this is the most recent thread on this, but here are some ideas:

How to import Live Data from URL address which is in .txt format

Hi all, I’ve been trying to import live data from the National Buoy Center and having difficulties as their url is .txt not .xml. Having looked at previous threads I discovered a read file for URL addresses here: Read webpage - Grasshopper however, though this imports the data it does not update after applying a timer. Does anyone know how to import and update data live from .txt URL addresses? Having also looked at GHowl it appears to favour XML format data? Could there be a way round this? L…

[Brian_Washburn]

Heron’s ImportVector or ImportVectorLite can accept a URL as input, but you need to prefix the URL with “/vsicurl/” as documented here:
https://gdal.org/user/virtual_file_systems.html

Note, for SHP files, other related SHX and DBF files need to be available in the same remote folder.

-Brian