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Njs Request Structure

The Request interface of the Fetch API (since 0.7.10). Used to construct requests for ngx.fetch().

Type: object Properties: 0
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Request is a JSON Structure definition published by NGINX. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "name": "Request",
  "description": "The Request interface of the Fetch API (since 0.7.10). Used to construct requests for ngx.fetch().",
  "type": "object",
  "members": {
    "url": {
      "description": "The URL of the request.",
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": "http://upstream.example.com/api"
    },
    "method": {
      "description": "The HTTP method (default GET).",
      "type": "string",
      "example": "GET"
    },
    "headers": {
      "$ref": "#/definitions/Headers"
    },
    "body": {
      "description": "The request body (default empty).",
      "type": "string",
      "example": "{\"key\":\"value\"}"
    },
    "bodyUsed": {
      "description": "True if the body has already been consumed.",
      "type": "boolean",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": false
    },
    "cache": {
      "description": "Cache mode of the request.",
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": "no-cache"
    },
    "credentials": {
      "description": "Credentials mode (default same-origin).",
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": "same-origin"
    },
    "mode": {
      "description": "Mode of the request.",
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": "cors"
    }
  }
}

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