HTTP (API)

The HTTP API must be enabled in ComputerCraft.cfg before being used. To enable it see this tutorial.

The HTTP API allows interfacing with websites and downloading from them.

HTTP (API)
Return	Method Name	Description
nil	http.request(string url, [string postData])	Sends a HTTP request to a website, asynchronously.
table handle	http.get(string url)	Sends a HTTP GET request to a website, synchronously.
table handle	http.post(string url, string postData)	Sends a HTTP POST request to a website, synchronously.

http.request is used to send a HTTP request that completes asynchronously and generates an event (one of http_success or http_failure). http.get and http.post execute http.request and block until the operation completes.

Handles

All three operations make use of handles, tables that contain functions to read data returned from the HTTP server. These handles act the same as the I/O handles returned by fs.open in read-only text mode, implementing the close, readLine, and readAll methods. These handles also implement the following function:

Function h.getResponseCode
Returns the numerical HTTP response code sent by the server
Syntax	h.getResponseCode()
Returns	number HTTP response code
Part of	ComputerCraft
API	HTTP