http

ReQL command: http

Command syntax

r.http(url[, options]) → value
r.http(url[, options]) → stream

Description

Retrieve data from the specified URL over HTTP. The return type depends on the result_format option, which checks the Content-Type of the response by default.

Example: Perform an HTTP GET and store the result in a table.

r.table('posts').insert(r.http('http://httpbin.org/get')).run(conn)

See the tutorial on r.http for more examples on how to use this command.

Options

General Options