http.get
Perform a HTTP GET request using the specified URL.
http.get(url,{ options })
Parameters
url is the URL to be downloaded.
options is a table of options used for this HTTP request.
Return Values
There are three return values.
resource, result_str, response_code = http.get(url,{ options })
resourceis the content that was retrieved or nil if it could not be retrieved.result_stris set to "OK" if successful or contains a description of the failure.result_codeis the HTTP result code of the get.
Examples
local resource, result_str, response_code = http.get("http://example.com/api.json")
functionprogress(total, current)
local ratio = current / total;
ratio = math.min(math.max(ratio,0),1);
local percent = math.floor(ratio *100);
print("Download progress (".. percent .."%/100%)")
end
local resource, result_str, response_code = http.get("http://example.com/api.json",{
progress = progress,
headers ={"From: Premake","Referer: Premake"},
userpwd ="username:password"
})
Backward compatible function signature
The previous signature of this function was
http.get(url, progress, headers)
and continues to be supported. This is equivalent to
http.get(url,{ progress = progress, headers = headers })
Availability
Premake 5.0 or later.