
<a name="lua.ref.client_do_request"></a> 
## Name

client:do_request — Perform an HTTP request

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## Synopsis

`require('msys.http.client')`

`client:do_request(type, url, data);`

```
type: string
url: string
data: string (optional)
```
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## Description

Perform an HTTP request. The legal values for the `type` parameter are as follows:

*   GET

*   POST

*   PUT

*   DELETE

The `url` parameter defines the URL that will process the request.

The `data` parameter does not need to be provided when `type` is `GET`.

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```
function httpclient_test_post(url, postdata)
  client:set_header("Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8");
  client:do_request("POST", url, postdata);
end
```

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## See Also

[msys.http.client.new](/momentum/3/3-reference/3-reference-lua-ref-msys-http-client-new), [client:set_timeout](/momentum/3/3-reference/3-reference-lua-ref-client-set-timeout), [client:set_header](/momentum/3/3-reference/3-reference-lua-ref-client-set-header), [client:get_status](/momentum/3/3-reference/3-reference-lua-ref-client-get-status), [client:get_body](/momentum/3/3-reference/3-reference-lua-ref-client-get-body), [client:parse_headers](/momentum/3/3-reference/3-reference-lua-ref-client-parse-headers) [client:get_headers](/momentum/3/3-reference/3-reference-lua-ref-client-get-headers)

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