<function name="HTTP" parent="Global" type="libraryfunc"> <description> Launches an asynchronous http request with the given parameters. ⤶ <bug issue="2232">This cannot send or receive multiple headers with the same name.</bug> ⤶ <bug issue="4133">This function fails with an `invalid url` error if the substring `"10."` appears anywhere in the URL, when `-allowlocalhttp` is not active. Where possible, this can be worked around by encoding the `.` character as `%2E`.</bug> ⤶ <note>HTTP-requests to destinations on private networks (such as `192.168.0.1`) won't work.<br/>⤶ To enable HTTP-requests to destinations on private networks use <page>Command Line Parameters</page> `-allowlocalhttp`.</note>⤶ Launches an asynchronous http request with the given parameters. ⤶ <bug issue="2232">This cannot send or receive multiple headers with the same name.</bug> <bug issue="4133">This function fails with an `invalid url` error if the substring `"10."` appears anywhere in the URL, when `-allowlocalhttp` is not active. Where possible, this can be worked around by encoding the `.` character as `%2E`.</bug> <note>HTTP-requests that respond with a large body may return an `unsuccessful` error. Try using the [Range](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Range) header to download the file in chunks.</note>⤶ <note>⤶ HTTP-requests to destinations on private networks (such as `192.168.0.1`) won't work.⤶ <br/>⤶ To enable HTTP-requests to destinations on private networks use <page>Command Line Parameters</page> `-allowlocalhttp`.⤶ </note>⤶ </description> <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> <args> <arg name="parameters" type="table">The request parameters. See <page>Structures/HTTPRequest</page>.</arg>⤶ ⤶ <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> ⤶ <args> <arg name="parameters" type="table">The request parameters. See <page>Structures/HTTPRequest</page>.⤶ </arg>⤶ </args> <rets> ⤶ <rets> <ret name="" type="boolean">`true` if we made a request, `nil` if we failed.</ret> </rets> </function>