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load_http

Loads a byte stream via HTTP.

load_http url:string, [data=record, params=record, headers=record,
          method=string, form=bool, chunked=bool, multipart=bool,
          parallel=int, tls=bool, cacert=string, certifle=string,
          keyfile=string, skip_peer_verification=bool]

Description​

The load_http operator performs a HTTP request and returns the response.

url: string​

The URL to request from. The http:// scheme can be omitted.

method = string (optional)​

The HTTP method, such as POST or GET.

The default is "GET".

params = record (optional)​

The query parameters for the request.

headers = record (optional)​

The headers for the request.

data = record (optional)​

The request body as a record of key-value pairs. The body is encoded as JSON unless form=true has been set.

form = bool (optional)​

Submits the HTTP request body as form-encoded data.

This automatically sets the Content-Type header to application/x-www-form-urlencoded.

Defaults to false.

chunked = bool (optional)​

Whether to enable chunked transfer encoding. This is equivalent to manually setting the header Transfer-Encoding: chunked.

Defaults to false.

multipart = bool (optional)​

Whether to encode the HTTP request body as multipart message.

This automatically sets the Content-Type header to application/form-multipart; X where X contains the MIME part boundary.

Defaults to false.

tls = bool (optional)​

Enables TLS.

Defaults to true.

cacert = string (optional)​

Path to the CA certificate used to verify the server's certificate.

Defaults to the Tenzir configuration value tenzir.cacert, which in turn defaults to a common cacert location for the system.

certfile = string (optional)​

Path to the client certificate.

keyfile = string (optional)​

Path to the key for the client certificate.

skip_peer_verification = bool (optional)​

Toggles TLS certificate verification.

Defaults to false.

Examples​

Perform an API call and get the response​

load_http "example.org/api", headers={"X-API-Token": "0000-0000-0000"}

See Also​

save_http