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HttpRes response object ​

Every time you call an HttpCli verb method, it returns an HttpRes object containing the response data and metadata.

Example Usage ​

ts
var hc = new HttpCli();
var res = hc.Url("https://www.example.com").Timeout(30).Get();
// "res" is an HttpRes object with its own methods

The HttpRes object provides the following methods:

IsValid ​

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res.IsValid(): boolean;

Returns true if the HTTP/HTTPS call completed, or false otherwise (e.g., if the call timed out).

StatusCode ​

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res.StatusCode(): number;

Returns the HTTP status code from the response (e.g., 200 for success, 201 for created, 403 for forbidden, 404 for not found, 500 for server error). See HTTP status codes for details.

BodyAsString ​

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res.BodyAsString(): string;

Returns the response body as a string (useful for web pages, JSON, etc.).

BodyAsBytes ​

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res.BodyAsBytes(): number[];

Returns the response body as an array of bytes (useful for binary data, such as images).

BodySaveToFile ​

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res.BodySaveToFile(filePath: string): boolean;

Saves the response body to the specified file path. Returns true if successful, false otherwise.

ContentType ​

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res.ContentType(): string;

Returns the MIME Content-Type reported by the server.

ContentLength ​

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res.ContentLength(): number;

Returns the Content-Length reported by the server (may be missing for some responses).

Encoding ​

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res.Encoding(): string;

Returns the Content-Transfer-Encoding reported by the server (may be missing for some responses).

Headers ​

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res.Headers(): object;

Returns a JSON object with all response headers as properties. Example:

json
{
  "Cache-Control": "max-age=604800",
  "Content-Type": "text/html; charset=UTF-8",
  "Date": "Sun, 30 Aug 2020 16:24:06 GMT",
  // ...
}

Cookies ​

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res.Cookies(): object[];

Returns an array of objects, each representing a cookie returned by the server. Example:

json
[
  {
    "Name": "1P_JAR",
    "Value": "2020-08-30-16",
    "Path": "/",
    "Domain": ".google.com",
    "Expires": "2020-09-29T16:32:11Z",
    // ...
  },
  // ...
]

TIP

Always check IsValid() and StatusCode() before using the response data. Handle errors and unexpected status codes appropriately.

Examples ​

Example 1: Log response body if successful ​

ts
var hc = new HttpCli();
var res = hc.Url("https://www.example.com").Timeout(30).Get();
if (res.IsValid() && res.StatusCode() === 200) {
  Log(res.BodyAsString());
} else {
  Log('Request failed: ' + res.StatusCode());
}

Example 2: Save response body to file ​

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var hc = new HttpCli();
var res = hc.Url("https://www.example.com/image.png").Timeout(30).Get();
if (res.IsValid() && res.StatusCode() === 200) {
  if (res.BodySaveToFile('/tmp/image.png')) {
    Log('Image saved successfully.');
  } else {
    Log('Failed to save image.');
  }
} else {
  Log('Request failed: ' + res.StatusCode());
}