HTTP

CSML includes a native HTTP client. The following verbs are accepted:

• GET

• POST

• PUT

• PATCH

• DELETE

HTTP will automatically add the following headers to any request:

• Content-Type: application/json;

• Accept: application/json

Performing a HTTP request

To build your request, you can chain explicit methods to the HTTP function. No request is actually performed until .send() is added, allowing you to gradually build your request.

Here is a simple example:

do pet = HTTP("https://example.com/pets/1").get().send()
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// or, if no verb is specified, .get() is implicitly used
do pet2 = HTTP("https://example.com/pets/2").send()
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say "This pet is called: {{pet.name}}"

You can also create more complex requests:

do req = HTTP("https://example.com/pets").set({"authorization":"Bearer XXXXX"})
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if (query_mode == "retrieve") {
    // retrieve all the available pets from the API
    do req = req.get()
}
else {
    // this will create a new pet
    do req = req.post({"name": "Oreo", "breed": "poodle"})
}
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do res = req.send()
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say "{{res}}"

The available methods are:

• .get() / .post(body) / .put(body) / .patch(body) / .delete() : set the request verb, and add an optional JSON-formatted body

• .set(data): set the request headers, where {"x-api-key":"somevalue"} is added as x-api-key:somevalue headers

• .query(data): set the query strings, where {"key":"value"} is automatically translated to ?key=value

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