Difference between revisions of "Http failure (event)"

Latest revision as of 23:05, 5 May 2013

Event http_failure
Fired when a call to http.request fails, and used internally in http.get and http.post.
Returned Object 1	The URL to the website

Example
Prints a message and quits when the requested URL could not be contacted.
Code	http.request( "http://www.example-failure.com" ) while true do event, url = os.pullEvent() if event == "http_failure" then print( "Cannot contact the server: "..url ) break end end

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-{{NeedsWork|A demonstration on the use and handling of this event would be beneficial. ''[[User:AfterLifeLochie|AfterLifeLochie]] 15:53, 30 November 2012 (MSK)''}}
 {{Event
 |name=http_failure
-|desc=Fired when a call to [[http.request|http.request()]], [[http.get|http.get()]] or [[http.post|http.post()]] fails.
+|return1=The URL to the website
-|return1=The URL to the website.
+|desc=Fired when a call to [[http.request]] fails, and used internally in [[http.get]] and [[http.post]].
+}}
+{{Example
+|desc=Prints a message and quits when the requested URL could not be contacted.
+|code=
+ http.request( "http://www.example-failure.com" )
+ while true do
+   event, url = os.pullEvent()
+   if event == "http_failure" then
+     print( "Cannot contact the server: "..url )
+     break
+   end
+ end
 }}