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http.Fetch

http.Fetch( string url, function onSuccess = nil, function onFailure = nil, table headers = {} )
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Description

Launches a GET request.

HTTP-requests on private networks don't work.
To enable HTTP-requests on private networks use Command Line Parameters -allowlocalhttp

Arguments

1 string url
The URL of the website to fetch.
2 function onSuccess = nil
Function to be called on success. Arguments are

3 function onFailure = nil
Function to be called on failure. Arguments are

  • string error - The error message
4 table headers = {}
KeyValue table for headers

Example

Shows the typical usage to get the HTML of a webpage.

local TheReturnedHTML = "" -- Blankness http.Fetch( "http://www.google.com", function( body, len, headers, code ) -- The first argument is the HTML we asked for. TheReturnedHTML = body end, function( error ) -- We failed. =( end )
Output: If it successfully fetched the page, the variable 'TheReturnedHTML' should contain the returned HTML in plain text.

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