Http:download(uri)method


Send an asynchronous GET request to the connected HTTP server to download the specified resource from the server.

Parameters

uri

A string representing the target resource on the server to be downloaded.

Return value


This method return a Task instance. Once the Task has finished, it will return two values :
  • The first value is the Http instance used for the PUT request.
  • The second value is nil in case of error or a table that contains the server response, with the following fields
    • "file" : a File object instance representing the downloaded file. The file is dowloaded in the current directory.
    • "elapsed" : a number representing the elapsed time to get the response
    • "status" : a number containing the HTTP response status
    • "reason" : a string containing HTTP response status text
    • "ok" : a boolean value indicating if the GET request succeeded
    • "headers" : a table containing a pair of strings(header field names of the HTTP response as key and content as values)
    • "cookies" : a table containing a pair of strings(cookies names of the HTTP response as key and content as values)

Example

--! luart-extensions import net -- Download a server resource and waits until it's done local client, response = await(net.Http("http://download.thinkbroadband.com"):download("/10MB.zip")) print("Downloaded "..response.file.name..", "..response.file.size.." bytes")