When the data file is available through an url, you can download the file first, before you run your normal import module. The process involves 3 simple steps. A (simple) example is given for data available through https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/data-sets/storm-tides/
Note: the importmodule of Delft-FEWS is able to directly read from ftp or http(s) anyhow.
.bat (or .sh) file with the curl command
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