Add an HTTPRequest usage example to the class reference

This also adds a link to the "Making HTTP requests" tutorial.
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Hugo Locurcio 2019-11-07 01:51:31 +01:00
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<class name="HTTPRequest" inherits="Node" category="Core" version="3.2">
<brief_description>
A node with the ability to send HTTP requests.
A node with the ability to send HTTP(S) requests.
</brief_description>
<description>
A node with the ability to send HTTP requests. Uses [HTTPClient] internally.
Can be used to make HTTP requests, i.e. download or upload files or web content via HTTP.
[b]Example of loading and displaying an image using HTTPRequest:[/b]
[codeblock]
func _ready():
# Create an HTTP request node and connect its completion signal.
var http_request = HTTPRequest.new()
add_child(http_request)
http_request.connect("request_completed", self, "_http_request_completed")
# Perform the HTTP request. The URL below returns a PNG image as of writing.
var error = http_request.request("https://via.placeholder.com/512")
if error != OK:
push_error("An error occurred in the HTTP request.")
# Called when the HTTP request is completed.
func _http_request_completed(result, response_code, headers, body):
var image = Image.new()
var error = image.load_png_from_buffer(body)
if error != OK:
push_error("Couldn't load the image.")
var texture = ImageTexture.new()
texture.create_from_image(image)
# Display the image in a TextureRect node.
var texture_rect = TextureRect.new()
add_child(texture_rect)
texture_rect.texture = texture
[/codeblock]
</description>
<tutorials>
<link>https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/tutorials/networking/http_request_class.html</link>
<link>https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/tutorials/networking/ssl_certificates.html</link>
</tutorials>
<methods>