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titleAvailability

This routine is available starting with SIL Engine™ 4.1.0.

Syntax

httpGet(url, request)

Starting with SIL Engine™ 4.5.0:

httpGet(url, request [, proxy])

Description

Excerpt

Executes an HTTP GET for the given URL using the specified HttpRequest object. The needed parameters can either be included in the initial url or they can be created using the httpCreateParameter routine and added to the HttpRequest parameter.

Requests can also be sent through a proxy.

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

url

string

Yes

The URL.

requestHttpRequestYesAn HttpRequest object containing headers, cookies, parameters.
proxyHttpProxyNoAn HttpProxy object containing the host and port of the proxy server.

The request parameter should have the HttpRequest type described here. The HttpProxy type is described here.

Return type

variable return type - depending on the left hand side operator type

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