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This action can be used to make HTTP requests to a server end-point. This can be used for a variety of purposes but typically use cases are:
- Invoking some functionality on a remote server (WebHook). For example, tell your home automation server to turn of a light
- Request some data from a remote web based API. For example, request the latest weather forecast data from a Weather API.
The HttpRequest action supports the following HTTP request methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, HEAD, OPTIONS, TRACE
You can optionally use basic authorization by supplying a username and password for services that support this.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes HTTP Return Code] can be saved into an integer variable which indicates if the call was successful or not.
The HTTP response can be saved into a String variable or can be saved directly to a file.
- Invoking some functionality on a remote server (WebHook). For example, tell your home automation server to turn of a light
- Request some data from a remote web based API. For example, request the latest weather forecast data from a Weather API.
The HttpRequest action supports the following HTTP request methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, HEAD, OPTIONS, TRACE
You can optionally use basic authorization by supplying a username and password for services that support this.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes HTTP Return Code] can be saved into an integer variable which indicates if the call was successful or not.
The HTTP response can be saved into a String variable or can be saved directly to a file.