HTTP Request

Category: Action

Description: Fetches data from an external API or web service. It sends an HTTP GET request to the specified URL and expects a JSON response. The 'Success' path is taken if the request is successful (e.g., status code 200 OK), and the 'Error' path is taken if there's a network error or the server responds with an error code.

info

Ensure the URL points to a public resource that returns data in JSON format.

warning

The request will time out after 5 seconds.

Related Modules

• Parse JSON

GET

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
URL	text	true	The URL to send the request to

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
Status Code	number	The HTTP status code of the response
Data	json	The JSON data of the response

Output Event Triggers

Name
Success
Error

Examples

Fetch random cat fact

Inputs

• URL:

  "https://catfact.ninja/fact"

Outputs

• Status Code:

  200

• Data:

  {
    "fact": "A cat can't climb head first down a tree...",
    "length": 114
  }