http

http defines an HTTP client implementation. It is a thin wrapper around the Go standard package net/http but in Python requests style.

Functions

call(method, url, params=None, headers=None, auth=(), body=None, json_body=None, form_body=None, form_encoding="", timeout=30, allow_redirects=True, verify=True) response

Perform an HTTP request of the specified method, returning a response. The call method allows for flexibility in making HTTP requests by specifying the HTTP method as an argument. It supports all common HTTP methods. This method dynamically dispatches the request based on the provided method name. It is a convenience wrapper that enables users to use any supported HTTP method without needing separate method calls for each type of request.

Parameters

name	type	description
method	string	The HTTP method to use for the request (e.g., GET, POST, PUT, DELETE).
url	string	URL to request.
params	dict	optional. dictionary of URL parameters to append to the request.
headers	dict	optional. dictionary of headers to add to request.
body	string	optional. raw string body to provide to the request.
form_body	dict	optional. dict of values that will be encoded as form data. the value can be a string or a list of two strings (filename, file content) for file attachments.
form_encoding	string	optional. application/x-www-form-urlencoded (default for form data) or multipart/form-data.
json_body	any	optional. JSON data to supply as a request. handy for working with JSON-API's.
auth	tuple	optional. (username,password) tuple for HTTP Basic authorization.
timeout	float	optional. how many seconds to wait for the server to send all the data before giving up. 0 means no timeout.
allow_redirects	bool	optional. whether to follow redirects.
verify	bool	optional. whether to verify the server's SSL certificate.

get(url, params=None, headers=None, auth=(), body=None, json_body=None, form_body=None, form_encoding="", timeout=30, allow_redirects=True, verify=True) response

Perform an HTTP GET request, returning a response.

Parameters

name	type	description
url	string	URL to request.
params	dict	optional. dictionary of URL parameters to append to the request.
headers	dict	optional. dictionary of headers to add to request.
body	string	optional. raw string body to provide to the request.
json_body	any	optional. considered only if body is None. JSON data to supply as a request. handy for working with JSON-API's.
form_body	dict	optional. considered only if both body and json_body are None. dict of values that will be encoded as form data. the value can be a string or a list of two strings (filename, file content) for file attachments.
form_encoding	string	optional. application/x-www-form-urlencoded (default for form data) or multipart/form-data.
auth	tuple	optional. (username,password) tuple for HTTP Basic authorization.
timeout	float	optional. how many seconds to wait for the server to send all the data before giving up. 0 means no timeout.
allow_redirects	bool	optional. whether to follow redirects.
verify	bool	optional. whether to verify the server's SSL certificate.

put(url, params=None, headers=None, auth=(), body=None, json_body=None, form_body=None, form_encoding="", timeout=30, allow_redirects=True, verify=True) response

Perform an HTTP PUT request, returning a response.

Parameters

name	type	description
url	string	URL to request.
params	dict	optional. dictionary of URL parameters to append to the request.
headers	dict	optional. dictionary of headers to add to request.
body	string	optional. raw string body to provide to the request.
json_body	any	optional. considered only if body is None. JSON data to supply as a request. handy for working with JSON-API's.
form_body	dict	optional. considered only if both body and json_body are None. dict of values that will be encoded as form data. the value can be a string or a list of two strings (filename, file content) for file attachments.
form_encoding	string	optional. application/x-www-form-urlencoded (default for form data) or multipart/form-data.
auth	tuple	optional. (username,password) tuple for HTTP Basic authorization.
timeout	float	optional. how many seconds to wait for the server to send all the data before giving up. 0 means no timeout.
allow_redirects	bool	optional. whether to follow redirects.
verify	bool	optional. whether to verify the server's SSL certificate.

post(url, params=None, headers=None, auth=(), body=None, json_body=None, form_body=None, form_encoding="", timeout=30, allow_redirects=True, verify=True) response

Perform an HTTP POST request, returning a response.

Parameters

name	type	description
url	string	URL to request.
params	dict	optional. dictionary of URL parameters to append to the request.
headers	dict	optional. dictionary of headers to add to request.
body	string	optional. raw string body to provide to the request.
json_body	any	optional. considered only if body is None. JSON data to supply as a request. handy for working with JSON-API's.
form_body	dict	optional. considered only if both body and json_body are None. dict of values that will be encoded as form data. the value can be a string or a list of two strings (filename, file content) for file attachments.
form_encoding	string	optional. application/x-www-form-urlencoded (default for form data) or multipart/form-data.
auth	tuple	optional. (username,password) tuple for HTTP Basic authorization.
timeout	float	optional. how many seconds to wait for the server to send all the data before giving up. 0 means no timeout.
allow_redirects	bool	optional. whether to follow redirects.
verify	bool	optional. whether to verify the server's SSL certificate.

postForm(url, params=None, headers=None, auth=(), body=None, json_body=None, form_body=None, form_encoding="", timeout=30, allow_redirects=True, verify=True) response

Perform an HTTP POST request with form data, returning a response.

Parameters

name	type	description
url	string	URL to request.
params	dict	optional. dictionary of URL parameters to append to the request.
headers	dict	optional. dictionary of headers to add to request.
body	string	optional. raw string body to provide to the request.
json_body	any	optional. considered only if body is None. JSON data to supply as a request. handy for working with JSON-API's.
form_body	dict	optional. considered only if both body and json_body are None. dict of values that will be encoded as form data. the value can be a string or a list of two strings (filename, file content) for file attachments.
form_encoding	string	optional. application/x-www-form-urlencoded (default for form data) or multipart/form-data.
auth	tuple	optional. (username,password) tuple for HTTP Basic authorization.
timeout	float	optional. how many seconds to wait for the server to send all the data before giving up. 0 means no timeout.
allow_redirects	bool	optional. whether to follow redirects.
verify	bool	optional. whether to verify the server's SSL certificate.

delete(url, params=None, headers=None, auth=(), body=None, json_body=None, form_body=None, form_encoding="", timeout=30, allow_redirects=True, verify=True) response

Perform an HTTP DELETE request, returning a response.

Parameters

name	type	description
url	string	URL to request.
params	dict	optional. dictionary of URL parameters to append to the request.
headers	dict	optional. dictionary of headers to add to request.
body	string	optional. raw string body to provide to the request.
json_body	any	optional. considered only if body is None. JSON data to supply as a request. handy for working with JSON-API's.
form_body	dict	optional. considered only if both body and json_body are None. dict of values that will be encoded as form data. the value can be a string or a list of two strings (filename, file content) for file attachments.
form_encoding	string	optional. application/x-www-form-urlencoded (default for form data) or multipart/form-data.
auth	tuple	optional. (username,password) tuple for HTTP Basic authorization.
timeout	float	optional. how many seconds to wait for the server to send all the data before giving up. 0 means no timeout.
allow_redirects	bool	optional. whether to follow redirects.
verify	bool	optional. whether to verify the server's SSL certificate.

patch(url, params=None, headers=None, auth=(), body=None, json_body=None, form_body=None, form_encoding="", timeout=30, allow_redirects=True, verify=True) response

Perform an HTTP PATCH request, returning a response.

Parameters

name	type	description
url	string	URL to request.
params	dict	optional. dictionary of URL parameters to append to the request.
headers	dict	optional. dictionary of headers to add to request.
body	string	optional. raw string body to provide to the request.
json_body	any	optional. considered only if body is None. JSON data to supply as a request. handy for working with JSON-API's.
form_body	dict	optional. considered only if both body and json_body are None. dict of values that will be encoded as form data. the value can be a string or a list of two strings (filename, file content) for file attachments.
form_encoding	string	optional. application/x-www-form-urlencoded (default for form data) or multipart/form-data.
auth	tuple	optional. (username,password) tuple for HTTP Basic authorization.
timeout	float	optional. how many seconds to wait for the server to send all the data before giving up. 0 means no timeout.
allow_redirects	bool	optional. whether to follow redirects.
verify	bool	optional. whether to verify the server's SSL certificate.

options(url,params={},headers={},body="",form_body={},form_encoding="",json_body={},auth=(),timeout=30,allow_redirects=True,verify=True) response

Perform an HTTP OPTIONS request, returning a response.

Parameters

name	type	description
url	string	URL to request.
params	dict	optional. dictionary of URL parameters to append to the request.
headers	dict	optional. dictionary of headers to add to request.
body	string	optional. raw string body to provide to the request.
json_body	any	optional. considered only if body is None. JSON data to supply as a request. handy for working with JSON-API's.
form_body	dict	optional. considered only if both body and json_body are None. dict of values that will be encoded as form data. the value can be a string or a list of two strings (filename, file content) for file attachments.
form_encoding	string	optional. application/x-www-form-urlencoded (default for form data) or multipart/form-data.
auth	tuple	optional. (username,password) tuple for HTTP Basic authorization.
timeout	float	optional. how many seconds to wait for the server to send all the data before giving up. 0 means no timeout.
allow_redirects	bool	optional. whether to follow redirects.
verify	bool	optional. whether to verify the server's SSL certificate.

set_timeout(timeout)

Set the global timeout for all HTTP requests.

Parameters

name	type	description
timeout	float	The timeout in seconds. Must be non-negative. This timeout will be used for all subsequent HTTP requests made by the module.

get_timeout() float

Get the current global timeout setting for HTTP requests. returns: The current timeout in seconds used for HTTP requests.

Types

response

The result of performing a HTTP request.

Fields

name	type	description
url	string	the URL that was ultimately requested (may change after redirects).
status_code	int	response status code (for example: 200 == OK).
headers	dict	dictionary of response headers.
encoding	string	transfer encoding. example: "octet-stream" or "application/json".

Methods

body() string

output response body as a string.

json() object

attempt to parse response body as json, returning a JSON-decoded result, or None if the response body is empty or not valid JSON.

ExportedServerRequest

Encapsulates HTTP request data in a format accessible to both Go code and Starlark scripts.

Fields

name	type	description
method	string	The HTTP method (e.g., GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
url	string	The request URL.
proto	string	The protocol used for the request (e.g., HTTP/1.1).
host	string	The host specified in the request.
remote	string	The remote address of the client.
headers	dict	The HTTP headers included in the request.
query	dict	The query parameters included in the request.
encoding	[]string	The transfer encodings specified in the request.
body	string	The request body data
json	any	The request body data as JSON, or None if the request body is empty or not valid JSON.

ServerResponse

Enables HTTP response manipulation within Starlark scripts, facilitating dynamic preparation of HTTP responses in Go-based web servers.

Methods

set_status(code int)

Sets the HTTP status code for the response.

set_code(code int)

Alias for set_status.

add_header(key string, value string)

Adds a header with the given key and value to the response.

set_content_type(content_type string)

Sets the Content-Type header for the response, it will overwrite any existing or implicit Content-Type header.

set_data(data string|bytes)

Sets the response data as binary data, and the Content-Type header to application/octet-stream.

set_json(data any)

Sets the response data as JSON, marshaling the given Starlark value to JSON, and the Content-Type header to application/json.

set_text(data string|bytes)

Sets the response data as plain text, and the Content-Type header to text/plain.

set_html(data string|bytes)

Sets the response data as HTML, and the Content-Type header to text/html.