Takes a URL string and gets the data. Can be HTTP or IPFS.

Inputs

Type	Name	Description
UObject*	WorldContextObject	The WorldContextObject for this function. This is mainly used for Registering the async method with the GameInstance.
const FString&	Url	The Url to get data from. Can be HTTP or IPFS.

Outputs

Type	Name	Description
const TArray&	Data	The bytes returned from this URL.
FString	String	The “Content” returned from this URL as a string. Effectively, “HttpResponse->GetContentAsString()”.
EErrorCode	StatusCode	Any errors that occured trying to get the data.
bool	Success	If getting data was a success and you should try to process Data or String.

C++

Module: EmergenceHelperFunctions include: #include "GetDataFromUrl.h"

UGetDataFromUrl::GetDataFromUrl() - instantiates this async method. Activate() - Activates this async method. In C++, the outputs of the async function can be acted upon by binding to the event delegate “OnGetDataFromUrlCompleted”.

Additional Information

This class inherits from UEmergenceCancelableAsyncBase, and thefore also has the following functions that can be called on it:

void Cancel() - Cancels the requests.

bool IsActive() - Checks if the requests are in-flight.