While the HLAPI is designed to minimize boilerplate code, the Low-Level API (LLAPI) is designed to permit maximum flexibility. In general, using the LLAPI involves creating UnityWebRequests then creating appropriate DownloadHandlers
or UploadHandlers
and attaching them to your UnityWebRequests
.
This section details the options available in the Low-Level API and the scenarios they’re intended to address:
Note that the HLAPI and LLAPI aren’t mutually exclusive. You can always customize UnityWebRequest objects created via the HLAPI if you need to tweak a common scenario.
For full details on each of the objects described in this section, please refer to the Unity Scripting API.