HTTP Requests

var result = http.get('https://api.example.com/user/123');

if (result.status === 200) {
  var data = JSON.parse(result.body);
  setVariable('user_name', data.name);
}

var result = http.post(
  'https://api.example.com/verify',
  JSON.stringify({ token: request.query.token }),
  { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
);

if (result.status !== 200) {
  redirect('/unauthorized');
}

{
  status: 200,          // HTTP status code (0 if request failed entirely)
  headers: {},          // Response headers
  body: '...'           // Response body as a string
}

var result = http.get('https://api.example.com/data');
var data = JSON.parse(result.body);

<script scope="backend">
  var token = request.query.token;

  if (!token) {
    redirect('/login');
  }

  var auth = http.post('https://auth.myservice.com/validate',
    JSON.stringify({ token: token }),
    { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
  );

  if (auth.status === 200) {
    var user = JSON.parse(auth.body);
    session.set('verified_user', user.email);
    setVariable('user_name', user.name);
  } else {
    response.status(403);
    response.send('<h1>Invalid token</h1>');
  }
</script>

<h1>Welcome, {{ var.user_name }}</h1>