REST.get

REST.get() Function

 Note: This function can only be used in a Trusted Macro

• Introduced in version 1.5.0

Perform an HTTP get request to the specified URL to retrieve a resource or information.

Usage

REST.get(url)
REST.get(url, getFullResponse)

Parameters

• url - String containing the URL to the resource or collection of resources.
• getFullResponse - Boolean (0:1). Optional. Set true(1) to get full response.

Returns

HTTP response as JSON (if full response) or server response, usually JSON but can be XML, HTML, or other formats.

Example

Get the specified user.

[h: baseURL = "https://reqres.in"]
[h: path = "/api/users/2"]

[h: response = REST.get(baseURL + path, 0)]

<br>
Response: [r: baseURL + path]
<pre>
[r: json.indent(response, 2)]
</pre>

<br><br>

[h: response = REST.get(baseURL + path, 1)]

<br>
Full Response: [r: baseURL + path]
<pre>
[r: json.indent(response, 2)]
</pre>

Returns:

Response: https://reqres.in/api/users/2 
{"data": {
  "id": 2,
  "first_name": "Janet",
  "last_name": "Weaver",
  "avatar": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/uifaces/faces/twitter/josephstein/128.jpg"
}}


Full Response: https://reqres.in/api/users/2 
{
  "status": 200,
  "headers":   {
    "access-control-allow-origin": ["*"],
    "cf-ray": ["4b9244475b1b5432-LAX"],
    "content-type": ["application/json; charset=utf-8"],
    "date": ["Sun, 17 Mar 2019 22:05:09 GMT"],
    "etag": ["W/\"89-bSBFK27ZbQL+K8fMuJn/jZrcUuk\""],
    "expect-ct": ["max-age=604800, report-uri=\"https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct\""],
    "server": ["cloudflare"],
    "set-cookie": ["__cfduid=d5f84a1d88f4b568cd9547d6f76b1712b1552860309; expires=Mon, 16-Mar-20 22:05:09 GMT; path=/; domain=.reqres.in; HttpOnly"],
    "x-powered-by": ["Express"]
  },
  "body": {"data":   {
    "id": 2,
    "first_name": "Janet",
    "last_name": "Weaver",
    "avatar": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/uifaces/faces/twitter/josephstein/128.jpg"
  }}
}

See Also

RESTful Functions Overview