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HTTPGet

→ string

Sends an HTTP GET request to the specified URL and returns the response body as a string.

Available in: Email CloudPage Automation Triggered Send

Syntax

Platform.Function.HTTPGet(url [, encoding [, followRedirects [, headerNames, headerValues]]])
1–5 arguments

Parameters

Name Type Required Description
url string Yes Target URL
encoding string No Response encoding (default: "UTF-8")
followRedirects boolean No Follow HTTP redirects (default: true)
headerNames string[] No Array of header names to send
headerValues string[] No Array of header values (parallel to headerNames)

Examples

// Simple GET
var response = Platform.Function.HTTPGet("https://api.example.com/data");
var data = Platform.Function.ParseJSON(response + "");

// GET with custom headers
var headers = ["Authorization", "Content-Type"];
var values = ["Bearer mytoken", "application/json"];
var response2 = Platform.Function.HTTPGet(
    "https://api.example.com/secure",
    "UTF-8",
    true,
    headers,
    values
);

For more control over request options, use Script.Util.HttpRequest or HTTP.Get()/HTTP.GetRequest() from the Core library.

Return Value

Returns the response body as a string. Throws on connection failure. Does not expose status code — use HTTP.GetRequest() for status codes.

See Also

See Also