luaMaking HTTP POST request
local http = require("socket.http")
local ltn12 = require"ltn12"
local body = {}
local res, code, headers, status = http.request {
method = "POST",
url = "https://httpbin.org/post",
source = ltn12.source.string('var=123'),
headers = {
["content-type"] = "text/plain",
["content-length"] = '7'
},
sink = ltn12.sink.table(body)
}
response = table.concat(body)ctrl + crequire("socket.http")load standard HTTP utility lib | body = {}declare variable to save response body to |
http.requestsends specified HTTP request | res, code, headers, statusvariables will store response result, code, headers and status |
"POST"send POST request | https://httpbin.org/postURL to post to |
'var=123'data to post to | headersspecify header to send |
sinkcollect response body into specified | responsewill contain full response text |
Usage example
local http = require("socket.http")
local ltn12 = require"ltn12"
local body = {}
local res, code, headers, status = http.request {
method = "POST",
url = "https://httpbin.org/post",
source = ltn12.source.string('var=123'),
headers = {
["content-type"] = "text/plain",
["content-length"] = '7'
},
sink = ltn12.sink.table(body)
}
print(table.concat(body))output
{
"args": {},
"data": "var=123",
"files": {},
"form": {},
"headers": {
"Content-Length": "7",
"Content-Type": "text/plain",
"Host": "httpbin.org",
"User-Agent": "LuaSocket 3.0-rc1",
"X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-61fd22ff-798910395122567b557f334b"
},
"json": null,
"origin": "3.123.32.182",
"url": "http://httpbin.org/post"
}