Method request

plugin/http.go:203–225

request executes the configured request or returns the cached value

(url string, body string)

// request executes the configured request or returns the cached value
func (p *HTTP) request(url string, body string) ([]byte, error) {
	var b io.Reader
	if p.method != http.MethodGet {
		b = strings.NewReader(body)
	}

	url = util.DefaultScheme(url, "http")

	// empty method becomes GET
	req, err := request.New(p.method, url, b, p.headers)
	if err != nil {
		return []byte{}, err
	}

	val, err := p.DoBody(req)
	if err != nil {
		if err2 := knownErrors(val); err2 != nil {
			err = err2
		}
	}

	return val, err
}

var _ Getters = (*HTTP)(nil)