HTTP Data Request

When to Use

An application can initiate a data request over HTTP. Common HTTP methods include GET, POST, OPTIONS, HEAD, PUT, DELETE, TRACE, and CONNECT.

Available APIs

The HTTP request function is mainly implemented by the HTTP module.

To use related APIs, you must declare the ohos.permission.INTERNET permission.

For details about how to apply for permissions, see Access Control Development.

The following table provides only a simple description of the related APIs. For details, see API Reference.

How to Develop request APIs

1. Import the http namespace from @ohos.net.http.d.ts.
2. Call createHttp() to create an HttpRequest object.
3. Call httpRequest.on() to subscribe to HTTP response header events. This API returns a response earlier than the request. You can subscribe to HTTP response header events based on service requirements.
4. Call httpRequest.request() to initiate a network request. You need to pass in the URL and optional parameters of the HTTP request.
5. Parse the returned result based on service requirements.
6. Call off() to unsubscribe from HTTP response header events.
7. Call httpRequest.destroy() to release resources after the request is processed.

// Import the http namespace.
import http from '@ohos.net.http';

// Each httpRequest corresponds to an HTTP request task and cannot be reused.
let httpRequest = http.createHttp();
// This API is used to listen for the HTTP Response Header event, which is returned earlier than the result of the HTTP request. It is up to you whether to listen for HTTP Response Header events.
// on('headerReceive', AsyncCallback) is replaced by on('headersReceive', Callback) since API version 8.
httpRequest.on('headersReceive', (header) => {
  console.info('header: ' + JSON.stringify(header));
});
httpRequest.request(
  // Customize EXAMPLE_URL in extraData on your own. It is up to you whether to add parameters to the URL.
  {
    method: http.RequestMethod.POST, // Optional. The default value is http.RequestMethod.GET.
    // You can add header fields based on service requirements.
    header: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    // This field is used to transfer data when the POST request is used.
    extraData: {
      "data": "data to send",
    },
    expectDataType: http.HttpDataType.STRING, // Optional. This field specifies the type of the return data.
    usingCache: true, // Optional. The default value is true.
    priority: 1, // Optional. The default value is 1.
    connectTimeout: 60000 // Optional. The default value is 60000, in ms.
    readTimeout: 60000, // Optional. The default value is 60000, in ms.
    usingProtocol: http.HttpProtocol.HTTP1_1, // Optional. The default protocol type is automatically specified by the system.
  }, (err, data) => {
    if (!err) {
      // data.result carries the HTTP response. Parse the response based on service requirements.
      console.info('Result:' + JSON.stringify(data.result));
      console.info('code:' + JSON.stringify(data.responseCode));
      // data.header carries the HTTP response header. Parse the content based on service requirements.
      console.info('header:' + JSON.stringify(data.header));
      console.info('cookies:' + JSON.stringify(data.cookies)); // 8+
    } else {
      console.info('error:' + JSON.stringify(err));
      // Unsubscribe from HTTP Response Header events.
      httpRequest.off('headersReceive');
      // Call the destroy() method to release resources after HttpRequest is complete.
      httpRequest.destroy();
    }
  }
);