HTTP requests library¶

LuaConnector has built-in http requests library

Functions¶

request [#1]¶

Prepares an http request:

http.request(method, url, callback)

Arguments¶

string method

an http method. Available methods: GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS
string url

request url
function callback
callback function gets called when a response has been acquired. Has two arguments:
- httpRequest
  
  current http request object
- httpResponse
  
  response from current http request

Returns¶

httpRequest http request object

request [#2]¶

Prepares an http request:

http.request(options, callback)

Arguments¶

table options
table of request options
- string method
  
  an http method. Available methods: GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS
- string url
  
  request url
- table headers
  
  request headers
- string content
  
  applies only to POST and PUT requests
string url

request url
function callback
callback function gets called when a response has been acquired. Has two arguments:
- httpRequest
  
  current http request object
- httpResponse
  
  response from current http request

Returns¶

httpRequest http request object

Objects¶

httpRequest¶

Represents a HTTP request

send¶

Sends the http request

httpResponse¶

Has three fields:

string content
number status
table headers

Examples¶

local request = http.request("GET", "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1", function(req, res)
    print(res.content)
end)

request.send()

local options = {
    method = "POST",
    url = "https://discordapp.com/api/auth/login",
    content = json.serialize({email = "", password = ""}),
    headers = {
        ["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
    }
}

http.request(options, function(req, res)
    print(res.content)
end).send()