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{{doctitle|Usage}}

requesthttp({{graycourier|host}}, {{graycourier|port}}, {{graycourier|file}})

{{doctitle|Parameters}}

{{graycourier|host}} The name of the host server from which to make the HTTP request.<br />
{{graycourier|port}} The port in which to issue the request.<br />
{{graycourier|file}} The path and filename of the file being requested.

{{doctitle|Returns}}

A [[Creation/Dev/Script/Client/THTTPRequest|THTTPRequest]] object.

{{doctitle|Example}}

{{code|1=
<pre>
function requestData() {
  temp.req = requesthttp("graal.net" , 80 , "myfile.txt");
  this.catchevent(temp.req,"onReceiveData","onData");
}
function onData(dataobj) {
  echo("received data: " @ dataobj.data);
}
</pre>
}}

{{doctitle|Description}}

Function; sends an HTTP request to a server and returns information about the file that was requested. It is identical to calling requesturl("http://" @ {{graycourier|host}} @ ":" @ {{graycourier|port}} @ {{graycourier|file}}).