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HTTP

LSL includes functions that utilize HTTP, the HyperText Transfer Protocol, for communicating with other scripts in-world or web servers on the outside internet. HTTP requests incur no speed penalty, but there is a limit on how many requests per object can be made.

Functions

llEscapeURL

Returns the UTF-8 encoded escape codes for selected characters.

llHTTPRequest

Requests information from an HTTP server.

llLoadURL

Loads a web page in an external browser.

llUnescapeURL

Returns the UTF-8 characters without escape codes.

llHTTPResponse

Responds to an HTTP request made to the script.

llGetFreeURLs

Returns the number of URLs that the script can request for HTTP-In.

llGetHTTPHeader

Returns the value of the requested header for a given HTTP request made to the script.

llReleaseURL

Releases a given URL so it may not be used further.

llRequestURL

Requests a non-secure URL to be used with HTTP-In.

llRequestSecureURL

Same as llRequestURL but requests a secure url (https://)

Events

http_request

Called when the script receives an HTTP request.

http_response

Called when an HTTP request is complete.

Understanding LSL HTTP Communications