http_post(url, body) sends a POST request with Content-Type: text/plain. For custom headers and methods, use http_request(method, url, headers, body) which gives full control over the request.
50-http-post.nxSource →
// HTTP POST request with a body // Solicitud HTTP POST con cuerpo import "std/http" fn main() -> int { // http_post sends a POST with Content-Type: text/plain let resp: Array = http_post("http://httpbin.org/post", "hello from Nyx") let status: int = http_status(resp) print("status: " + int_to_string(status)) let body: String = http_body(resp) if body.length() > 200 { print("body (first 200 chars): " + body.substring(0, 200)) } else { print("body: " + body) } // For custom headers and methods, use http_request: let headers: Array = ["Content-Type", "application/json"] let json_body: String = "{\"key\": \"value\"}" let resp2: Array = http_request("PUT", "http://httpbin.org/put", headers, json_body) print("PUT status: " + int_to_string(http_status(resp2))) return 0 }
Illustrative outputstdout
status: 200
body (first 200 chars): { "args": {}, "data": "hello from Nyx", ...}
PUT status: 200How it works
http_post is a convenience wrapper that sets Content-Type: text/plain. For JSON APIs, use http_request with explicit headers — the headers array uses a flat key-value format: ["Header-Name", "value", "Another", "value"].
http_request supports any HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, etc.) and gives full control over headers and body content.