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neovim/runtime/lua/vim/net.lua
Yochem van Rosmalen f29b3b5d45 feat(net): vim.net.request(outbuf) writes response to buffer #36164
Problem:
Non-trivial to write output of vim.net.request to buffer. Requires extra
code in plugin/net.lua which can't be reused by other plugin authors.

```
vim.net.request('https://neovim.io', {}, function(err, res)
  if not err then
    local buf = vim.api.nvim_create_buf(true, false)
    if res then
      local lines = vim.split(res.body, '\n', { plain = true })
      vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(buf, 0, -1, true, lines)
    end
  end
end)
```

Solution:
Accept an optional `outbuf` argument to indicate the buffer to write output
to, similar to `outpath`.

    vim.net.request('https://neovim.io', { outbuf = buf })

Other fixes / followups:
- Make plugin/net.lua smaller
- Return objection with close() method
- vim.net.request.Opts class
- vim.validate single calls
- Use (''):format(...) instead of `..`
2026-03-23 18:48:03 -04:00

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local M = {}
---@class vim.net.request.Opts
---@inlinedoc
---
---Enables verbose output.
---@field verbose? boolean
---
---Number of retries on transient failures (default: 3).
---@field retry? integer
---
---File path to save the response body to.
---@field outpath? string
---
---Buffer to save the response body to.
---@field outbuf? integer
---@class vim.net.request.Response
---
---The HTTP body of the request
---@field body string
--- Makes an HTTP GET request to the given URL (asynchronous).
---
--- This function is asynchronous (non-blocking), returning immediately and
--- passing the response object to the optional `on_response` handler on
--- completion.
---
--- Examples:
--- ```lua
--- -- Write response body to file
--- vim.net.request('https://neovim.io/charter/', {
--- outpath = 'vision.html',
--- })
---
--- -- Process the response
--- vim.net.request(
--- 'https://api.github.com/repos/neovim/neovim',
--- {},
--- function (err, res)
--- if err then return end
--- local stars = vim.json.decode(res.body).stargazers_count
--- vim.print(('Neovim currently has %d stars'):format(stars))
--- end
--- )
---
--- -- Write to both file and current buffer, but cancel it
--- local job = vim.net.request('https://neovim.io/charter/', {
--- outpath = 'vision.html',
--- outbuf = 0,
--- })
--- job:close()
--- ```
---
--- @param url string The URL for the request.
--- @param opts? vim.net.request.Opts
--- @param on_response? fun(err: string?, response: vim.net.request.Response?)
--- Callback invoked on request completion. The `body` field in the response
--- parameter contains the raw response data (text or binary).
--- @return { close: fun() } # Table with method to cancel, similar to [vim.SystemObj].
function M.request(url, opts, on_response)
vim.validate('url', url, 'string')
vim.validate('opts', opts, 'table', true)
vim.validate('on_response', on_response, 'function', true)
opts = opts or {}
local retry = opts.retry or 3
-- Build curl command
local args = { 'curl' }
if opts.verbose then
table.insert(args, '--verbose')
else
vim.list_extend(args, { '--silent', '--show-error', '--fail' })
end
vim.list_extend(args, { '--location', '--retry', tostring(retry) })
if opts.outpath then
vim.list_extend(args, { '--output', opts.outpath })
end
table.insert(args, url)
local job = vim.system(args, {}, function(res)
---@type string?, vim.net.request.Response?
local err, response = nil, nil
if res.signal ~= 0 then
err = ('Request killed with signal %d'):format(res.signal)
elseif res.code ~= 0 then
err = res.stderr ~= '' and res.stderr or ('Request failed with exit code %d'):format(res.code)
else
if not (opts.outpath or opts.outbuf) then
response = {
body = res.stdout --[[@as string]],
}
end
end
-- nvim_buf_is_loaded and nvim_buf_set_lines are not allowed in fast context
vim.schedule(function()
if res.code == 0 and opts.outbuf and vim.api.nvim_buf_is_loaded(opts.outbuf) then
local lines = vim.split(res.stdout, '\n', { plain = true })
vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(opts.outbuf, 0, -1, true, lines)
end
end)
if on_response then
on_response(err, response)
end
end)
return {
close = function()
job:kill('sigint')
end,
}
end
return M