Difference between revisions of "Http.get"

Latest revision as of 19:54, 20 April 2014

Function http.get
Sends a HTTP GET request to a website, synchronously. Returns when the request completes, successfully or not.
Syntax	http.get(string url [, table headers])
Returns	table a handle on success, or nil on failure
Part of	ComputerCraft
API	HTTP

Example
Gets the content of example.com (in HTML)
Code	local sExample = http.get("http://example.com/") --Get contents of page write(sExample.readAll()) --Read and print contents of page sExample.close() --Just in case
Output	The source of http://example.com/

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 {{Function
 |name=http.get
-|args=[[string (type)|string]] url
+|args={{type|string}} url [, {{type|table}} headers]
-|api=http
+|api=HTTP
-|returns=[[table (type)|table]] a [[Fs.open#Files_opened_in_text_read_mode|file handle]] of a readonly file containing the data returned from the specified url.
+|returns={{type|table}} a [[HTTP (API)#Handles|handle]] on success, or [[nil]] on failure
 |addon=ComputerCraft
-|desc=Attempts to download the file and blocks until the "http_success" or "http_failure" events have been fired.
+|desc=Sends a HTTP GET request to a website, synchronously. Returns when the request completes, successfully or not.
+|examples=
+{{Example
+|desc=Gets the content of example.com (in HTML)
+|code=local sExample = http.get("http://example.com/") --Get contents of page<br />write(sExample.readAll()) --Read and print contents of page<br />sExample.close() --Just in case
+|output=The source of http://example.com/
 }}
+}}
+[[Category:Lua_Core_Functions]]