HTTP request

Anatomy

<http:request var="var" var_info="var" timeout="30" url="string" validate="bool" method="GET">
    <http:header>string</http:header>
    <http:body>string</http:body>
</http:request>

Description: HTTP:REQUEST sends a HTTP/1.1 request and receives a HTTP response according to RFC 2616.

HTTP:REQUEST returns an array in 'var_info' comprised of the following items:

Key Description

status response status code type response content type header response header body response body

Attention:

The Content-Length header field defaults to the size of the HTTP body. The Content-Type header field defaults to application/x-www-form-urlencoded only for method POST.

Attributes

Name	Type	Description	Defined By
var	var	Result variable name for response body	http:request
var_info	var	Result variable name for detailed response information	http:request
timeout	int	Timeout in seconds	http:request
url	string	URL	http:request
validate	bool	Validate SSL	http:request
method	string	Method	http:request

Results:

Binding	Type	Predicate
var	string	N/A
var_info	array	no-result-propagation

Children

http:header

Anatomy of HTTP header

<http:header>string</http:header>

http:body

Anatomy of HTTP body

<http:body>string</http:body>

Examples

Example

<decode:json var="data">
  <http:request url="https://api.predic8.de/shop/products/" method="POST">
    <http:header>
      Content-Type: application/json
    </http:header>
    
    <http:body>
      {"name": "Wildberries", "price": 4.99}
    </http:body>
  </http:request>
</decode:json>

<set var="route">$data.product_url</set>

<decode:json var="data">
  <http:request url="https://api.predic8.de$route" method="GET"/>
</decode:json>

<output>$data.name</output>

<!-- Wildberries -->