lure.tuts.xmlhttprequest

Using XMLHttpRequest

Lure has the capability to make HTTP requests. This is accomplished by wrapping the already available socket.http library into a DOM XMLHttpRequest object. Lure's implimentation of XMLHttpRequest supports synchronous and asynchronous HTTP requests.

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GET Request

function love.load()
   
    --require lure library
    require('lure//lure.lua')

    --create new XMLHttpRequest Object
    http = XMLHttpRequest.new()

    --create a new request, set method, url, and sync option
    http.open("GET", "http://www.love2d.org/", true)
   
    --create callback function to trigger when request readyState changes
    http.onReadyStateChange = function()
        print(http.readyState)
        print(http.status)
        print(http.statusText)
        print(http.responseText)   
    end

    --send your GET request!
    http.send()
end

POST Request

function love.load()

    --require lure library
    require("lure//lure.lua")      

    --create new XMLHttpRequest Object
    http = XMLHttpRequest.new()
   
    --set url, and post params
    url     = "http://mydomain.com/"
    params  = "a=1&b=2"
   
    --create a new request, set method, url, and sync option
    http.open("POST", url, true)       

    --set request headers  
    http.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
    http.setRequestHeader("Content-Length", params:len())
   
    --create callback function to trigger when request readyState changes
    http.onReadyStateChange = function()
        print(http.readyState)
        print(http.status)
        print(http.statusText)
        print(http.responseText)       
    end

    --send your POST request!
    http.send(params)
   
end
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