Request dispatcher

[io/http/Request dispatcher]

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Dispatches HTTP request and outputs response or error. More: https://github.com/Cranq-io/cranq-tutorials/tree/main/http_request

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Keywords: get, post, put, patch, delete, fetch, api

Input ports

• request:

  {
    "method": ("GET" or "POST" or "PUT" or "PATCH" or "DELETE"),
    "url": string,
    "headers": {string: string},
    optional "body": string
  }

  Receives parameters of the HTTP request. Example: { "verb":"GET, "url": "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1", "headers": { "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8" } }

Output ports

• response:

  {"status": number, "headers": {string: string}, "body": string}

  Sends HTTP response object. Example: { "status": 200, "headers": { "content-type": "application/json; charset=utf-8", "cache-control": "max-age=43200" }, "body": "{"userId": 1, "id": 1, "title": "delectus aut autem", "completed": false }" }

• error: {"error": string}

  Sends error on failing to send or receive the request. Example: { "error": "Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND x.y" }