plainleaf/website/API/http.md

HTTP APIs.

http.request(url, options?)

Performs a HTTP call, proxied via the server (to avoid CORS issues).

Options:

• method: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE (GET is default)
• headers: table with header -> value mappings
• body: either a string or table (which will be JSON stringified)

Returns:

• ok: boolean if the request went ok
• status: HTTP status code
• headers: HTTP headers
• body: for content types:
  • text/*: string
  • application/json: parsed JSON object
  • anything else: UInt8Array