I mentioned a while back a small library I was working on to replace
[include_url] when it came to issuing requests to HTTP APIs. I have had
a lot of great feedback from various people (thank you all - especially
Jono), and it is now ready for production use.

You can find the code on Github here:
https://github.com/bfad/Lasso-HTTP


It consists of two types, one that allows you to build a request like this:

local(req) = http_request("http://example.com/foo")

#req->headers = (:'Content-Type'='application/json')
#req->postParams = json_serialize(map('moose'='hair'))
#req->timeout = 300


Or, you can create a request all in one method call:

local(req) = http_request(
"http://example.com/foo",
-postParams = (:'name'='Rhino'),
-reqMethod = `PUT`
)


Once you have a request built, you can get the result back in an
http_response type and easily inspect the various parts:

// If the request doesn't return with a 200 status code, error with the
status and message
// Otherwise show the body of the HTTP response
local(resp) = #req->response
fail_if(#resp->getStatus != 200, #resp->statusCode, #resp->statusMsg)
#resp->bodyString



More often then not, this is probably the form your code will take:

local(resp) = http_request(
"http://example.com/foo",
-postParams = (:'name'='Rhino'),
-reqMethod = `PUT`
)->response

match(#resp->statusCode) => {
case(400)
content_body = 'Malformed Request'
case(401)
content_body = 'Credentials Expired'
case(200)
content_body = #resp->bodyString
case
fail(#resp->statusCode, #resp->statusMsg)
}


Once again, the project is hosted on Github:
https://github.com/bfad/Lasso-HTTP
Please use Github's Issues to submit feature requests or bug reports.


Thanks,
Brad



#lasso9 #curl #restapi
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