Function: http.post

Sends an HTTP POST request to the specified URL.

For more information, see Make an HTTP request.

Arguments

Arguments
url	string The URL to send the request to.
timeout	float The request timeout, in seconds (default: 300.0). If the request takes longer than the timeout, a TimeoutError is raised. The maximum allowed timeout is 1800 seconds.
body	If present, the request body (POST requests do generally require a body). If a Content-Type header is not specified and if the body value is bytes, the header is set to Content-Type: application/octet-stream; otherwise, the body is JSON-encoded and the header is set to Content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8.
headers	The HTTP request headers. If present, must be a map of strings. If a Content-Type header is specified, the request body is encoded as prescribed. For example, it might be JSON or URL-encoded.
query	Optional query parameters. If present, must be a map that will get URL-encoded and appended to the URL. The map values must be strings, ints, floats, booleans, or lists of those.
auth	Optional authentication properties. If present, must be a map with type attribute in ["OIDC", "OAuth2"]. A scopes key is also supported. For details, see Make authenticated requests to Google Cloud APIs.
private_service_name	string If present, private_service_name must be a string that specifies a registered Service Directory service name with format projects/my-project/locations/us-east1/namespaces/ my-namespace/services/my-service.
ca_certificate	bytes If present, ca_certificate must be a bytes value describing a custom CA certificate in DER format that will be used in place of the standard certificate pool. The certificate must be signed by a subject alternative name as defined by RFC 3280.

Returns

The HTTP response as a map with body, code (status code), and headers attributes.

Raised exceptions

Exceptions
ConnectionError	In case of a network problem (DNS failure, truncated response, etc.).
ConnectionFailedError	When the connection is halted during transfer (failed connection, refused connection, etc.).
TimeoutError	When the specified timeout is reached before the response is received.
HttpError	If the response status is >= 400.
ValueError	If timeout is > 1800. If the URL is invalid or if authType is present and URL is invalid for the given authType. If the private_service_name is invalid. If private_service_name is present and URL contains a port. If ca_certificate is present and not of type bytes.