PerformHttpRequest

Performs a http request using the specified parameters and returns the http response in a callback.

Syntax

PerformHttpRequest(string url, function callback(number statusCode, string body, table headers, string errorData), string method = 'GET', string data = '', table headers = {}, table options = { followLocation = true })

Required arguments

  • url: A string of the URL to request.
  • callback: The callback function to call after the request is finished.

Optional arguments

  • method: The HTTP method to use.
  • data: A string of data to send with the request.
  • headers: A table of request headers.

Examples

PerformHttpRequest("http://some-cool-url.here/some-important-document.txt", function (errorCode, resultData, resultHeaders, errorData)
  print("Returned error code:" .. tostring(errorCode))
  print("Returned data:" .. tostring(resultData))
  print("Returned result Headers:" .. tostring(resultHeaders))
  print("Returned error data:" .. tostring(errorData))
end)
Last modified August 26, 2024: fix(runtime/lua): PerformHttpRequest typo (#473) (f08ebb4)