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UnityWebRequest.Get

public static Networking.UnityWebRequest Get(string uri);

Parameters

uri The URI of the resource to retrieve via HTTP GET.

Returns

UnityWebRequest A UnityWebRequest object configured to retrieve data from uri.

Description

Creates a UnityWebRequest configured for HTTP GET.

This method creates a UnityWebRequest and sets the target URL to the string argument uri. It sets no custom flags or headers.

This method attaches a standard DownloadHandlerBuffer to the UnityWebRequest. This handler will buffer the data received from the server and make it available to script when this request is complete.

This method attaches no UploadHandler to the UnityWebRequest.

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.Networking;
using System.Collections;
 
class MyBehaviour: public MonoBehaviour {
    void Start() {
        StartCoroutine(GetText());
    }
 
    IEnumerator GetText() {
        using(UnityWebRequest www = UnityWebRequest.Get("http://www.my-server.com")) {
            yield return www.Send();
     
            if(www.isError) {
                Debug.Log(www.error);
            }
            else {
                // Show results as text
                Debug.Log(www.downloadHandler.text);
     
                // Or retrieve results as binary data
                byte[] results = www.downloadHandler.data;
            }
        }
    }
}