luaMaking HTTP GET request
local http = require("socket.http")
local ltn12 = require 'ltn12'
local body = {}
local res, code, headers, status = http.request{
url = "https://httpbin.org/get",
sink = ltn12.sink.table(body)
}
local response = table.concat(body)ctrl + crequire("socket.http")load standard HTTP utility lib | http.requestsends GET request to the specified address |
https://httpbin.org/getsample URL | res, code, headers, statusvariables will store response result, code, headers and status |
responsevariable will store full content from HTTP response | |
Usage example
local http = require("socket.http")
local ltn12 = require 'ltn12'
local body = {}
local res, code, headers, status = http.request{
url = "https://httpbin.org/get",
sink = ltn12.sink.table(body)
}
local response = table.concat(body)
print(response)output
{
"args": {},
"headers": {
"Host": "httpbin.org",
"User-Agent": "LuaSocket 3.0-rc1",
"X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-61fd256f-747261a67fe983a70786f02e"
},
"origin": "3.123.32.182",
"url": "http://httpbin.org/get"
}