# Can we somehow achieve or build a canister with a interface bahaving like a classic web server

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**Created:** [September 11, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/can-we-somehow-achieve-or-build-a-canister-with-a-interface-bahaving-like-a-classic-web-server/1257 "2020-09-11T16:59:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![nomeata](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/nomeata/32/733_2.png) [@nomeata](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/nomeata)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/can-we-somehow-achieve-or-build-a-canister-with-a-interface-bahaving-like-a-classic-web-server/1257/29 "2021-03-03T18:49:28Z")

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The `ic-http-lambda` is just a side proof of concept of mine, to show what’s possible with an HTTP interface. The fact that I run it on AWS is immaterial, once a feature _like_ that becomes official nobody will remember my little experiment 🙂

> Can I write something to fetch data from outside http APIs and save it to IC, or forward to telegram chat?

No, there is no good story for doing HTTP requests from a canister; it is somewhat at odds with replicated deterministic execution. So not for now.

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