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Revision 14 (Per Amundsen, 04/12/2023 04:29 PM) → Revision 15/16 (Per Amundsen, 04/12/2023 04:30 PM)

_Added in 3.6_ 

 *$urlget(N/id/url,options,target,alias,headers,body)* 

 Performs a GET/POST request to a http server and returns a unique id to identify the request.  

 When the request is finished, calls the specified alias with the id as a parameter. 

 _Files downloaded with the 'f' parameter will use the folder matching the file extension from [[Dcc_Options#Dcc-Get-Folders|Dcc Get Folders]] or the [[Dcc_Options#Default-download-dir|default Dcc Get Folder]]._ 

 *Parameters* 

 table(ktable). 
 |*Parameter*|*Description*| 
 | N | If N = 0, returns the Nth running request, otherwise the Nth running request. | 
 | id | Returns the running request matching the id. | 
 | url | The "url":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL to perform the GET/POST request to. | 
 | Options | Url get options. | 
 | target | The target &binvar or filename to save the response. | 
 | alias | The alias to perform when the request is completed. | 
 | headers | &binvar containing addiotional headers separated by [[$crlf]]. (optional) | 
 | body | &binvar containing POST data, used with the "p" switch. (optional) | 

 *Options* 

 table(ktable). 
 |*Option*|*Description*| 
 | g | Perform a GET request. | 
 | p | Perform a POST request. | 
 | f | Save the response to a file. | 
 | b | Save the response to a &binvar. | 
 | r | Resume a failed request/download. | 
 | t | *TODO* | 
 | c | Cancel a running request. | 
 | k | Disable url/header redirect. | 
 | I S | Ignore SSL/TLS certificate errors. *(AdiIRC Only)* | 

 *Properties* 

 table(ktable). 
 |*Property*|*Description*| 
 | .url | Returns the url used. | 
 | .redirect | Returns the value of the location header if available. | 
 | .method | Returns the method used (GET/POST). | 
 | .type | Returns the type of output, (binvar/file). | 
 | .target | Returns the value of target (name of the binvar or filename). | 
 | .alias | Returns the name of the alias used. | 
 | .id | Returns the unique request id. | 
 | .state | Returns the state (ok, connect, download, fail). | 
 | .size | Returns the value of the Content-Lenght header. | 
 | .resume | Returns the number of bytes to resume from a failed request/download. | 
 | .rcvd | Returns the number of bytes received after the header, could be different from .size after a failed download. | 
 | .time | Returns the time taken to complete the processing, in milliseconds. | 
 | .reply | Returns the response headers. | 

 *Example* 

 <pre> 
 ; Perform a GET request to adiirc.com and put the result in '&target' binvar. 
 //noop $urlget(https://adiirc.com,gb,&target,callback) 

 ; Or Perform a POST request to adiirc.com and put the result in '&target' binvar. 
 alias posttest { 
   bset -t &header 1 Test: Header 
   bset -t &body 1 foo1=bar1&foo2=bar2 
   noop $urlget(https://adiirc.com,pb,&target,callback,&header,&body) 
 } 

 ; When a request is finished, print the result. 
 alias callback { 
   echo -ag Response: $bvar($urlget($1).target,1-).text 
 } 

 ; List the number of running requests. 
 //echo -ag $urlget(0) 

 ; List the first running request. 
 //echo -ag $urlget(1) 

 ; Cancel the first running request. 
 //echo -ag $urlget(1, c) 

 ; Download the latest AdiIRC beta. 
 ; Notice the 'target' parameter is left blank so it will use the original filename from the server. 
 ; Also notice the 'alias' parameter is set to /noop to ignore the callback. 
 //noop $urlget(https://adiirc.com/AdiIRC64_45.exe,gf,,/noop) 
 </pre>