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http_post

http_post(url, body, [headers]) performs an HTTP POST request. Returns (response, nil) on success or (nil, error_table) on failure.

Signature

Section titled “Signature”
http_post(url, body, [headers])
async

Parameters

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Param Type Description
url string Target URL
body string Request body
headers table? Optional key-value header pairs

Returns

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Same as http_get.

Example

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local res, err = http_post("https://api.example.com", '{"foo":"bar"}', {
    ["Content-Type"] = "application/json",
    ["Accept"] = "application/json"
})
if not res then
    log("post failed: " .. err.error)
    return
end

See Also

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