Method ExtInternet.TryGet

Overload

Sends a GET request to the specified URL, and gets the response. Handles HTTP errors and exceptions.

public static bool TryGet(this HttpClient t, out HttpResponseMessage r, string url, bool dontWait = false, IEnumerable<string> headers = null, bool printError = false, string auth = null, Action<HttpRequestMessage> also = null)
Parameters
t  (HttpClient)
r  (HttpResponseMessage)

Receives HttpResponseMessage object that can be used to get response content (web page HTML, JSON, file, etc), headers etc. See example. Will be null if failed because of an exception.
url  (string)

URL. To create URL with urlencoded parameters you can use internet.urlAppend.
dontWait  (bool)
headers  (IEnumerable<string>)

null or request headers like ["name1: value1", "name2: value2"]. Also you can add headers to System.Net.Http.HttpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders, like internet.http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("User-Agent", "Script/1.0");.
printError  (bool)

If failed, call print.warning.
auth  (string)

String like "username:password" for basic authentication. Adds Authorization header.
also  (Action<HttpRequestMessage>)

Can set more properties for the request.
Returns
bool

false if failed.
Exceptions
UriFormatException

Invalid URL format.
Exception

If headers used, exceptions of ExtInternet.AddMany.

Examples

if (!internet.http.TryGet(out var r, "https://httpbin.org/anything", printError: true)) return;
print.it(r.Text());