The IHttpRequest and IHttpResponse interfaces are exposed as Python classes (both inheriting from IHttpBase)
The usage is pretty 'pythonic' and support both polling and evented approaches:
from unreal_engine import IHttpRequest
import json
request = IHttpRequest('GET', 'http://httpbin.org/user-agent')
def response_received(request, response, success):
data = json.loads(response.get_content_as_string())
ue.log(data['user-agent'])
# bind OnProcessRequestComplete event to the response_received callable
request.bind_on_process_request_complete(response_received)
# run the request
request.process_request()If you prefer the polling apparoach, you need to check for the get_status() return value (an int). In the C++ it is defined as:
namespace EHttpRequestStatus
{
enum Type
{
NotStarted,
Processing,
Failed,
Failed_ConnectionError,
Succeeded,
}
}so any value >= 2 will be a sign of request completion:
from unreal_engine import IHttpRequest
import json
request = IHttpRequest('GET', 'http://httpbin.org/user-agent')
# run the request
request.process_request()
# check its status
if request.get_status() >= 2:
response = request.get_response()
data = json.loads(response.get_content_as_string())
ue.log(data['user-agent'])If you want to call request.get_status() in a loop ensure to 'tick' it (otherwise you will block forever as python will never give back control to unreal):
from unreal_engine import IHttpRequest
import json
request = IHttpRequest('GET', 'http://httpbin.org/user-agent')
# run the request
request.process_request()
# check its status
# tick it at each iteration to avoid blocking ue forever !
# the argument of tick is the DeltaSeconds added to the value returned by get_elapsed_time()
while request.get_status() < 2:
request.tick(0.01)
response = request.get_response()
data = json.loads(response.get_content_as_string())
ue.log(data['user-agent'])