http get for network

Fetch the contents from a URL.

Signature

> http get (URL) --user --password --max-time --headers --raw --insecure --full --allow-errors

Parameters

• URL: the URL to fetch the contents from
• --user {any}: the username when authenticating
• --password {any}: the password when authenticating
• --max-time {int}: timeout period in seconds
• --headers {any}: custom headers you want to add
• --raw (-r): fetch contents as text rather than a table
• --insecure (-k): allow insecure server connections when using SSL
• --full (-f): returns the full response instead of only the body
• --allow-errors (-e): do not fail if the server returns an error code

Notes

Performs HTTP GET operation.

Examples

Get content from example.com

> http get https://www.example.com

Get content from example.com, with username and password

> http get -u myuser -p mypass https://www.example.com

Get content from example.com, with custom header

> http get -H [my-header-key my-header-value] https://www.example.com