Performs a non-blocking HTTP request.

When the passed callback function is called, the parameters (status, body, headers) are passed to it.

-- GET example (prints a random word)
HttpRequest("GET", "https://random-word-api.herokuapp.com/word", function(status, body, headers)
    print("Random word: " .. string.sub(body, 3, body:len() - 2))
end)

-- POST example with JSON request body
HttpRequest("POST", "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts", '{"userId": 1,"title": "Foo","body": "Bar!"}', "application/json", function(status, body, headers)
    print(body)
end)

-- Example with request headers
HttpRequest("GET", "https://postman-echo.com/headers", { Accept = "application/json", ["User-Agent"] = "Eluna Lua Engine" }, function(status, body, headers)
    print(body)
end)

Synopsis

HttpRequest( httpMethod, url, function )

HttpRequest( httpMethod, url, headers, function )

HttpRequest( httpMethod, url, body, contentType, function )

HttpRequest( httpMethod, url, body, contentType, headers, function )

Arguments

string httpMethod

The HTTP method to use (possible values are: "GET", "HEAD", "POST", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE", "OPTIONS").

string url

The URL to query.

table headers

A table with string key-value pairs containing the request headers.

string body

The request's body (only used for POST, PUT and PATCH requests).

string contentType

The body's content-type.

function function

Function that will be called when the request is executed.

Returns

Nothing.