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= Component: Internet =

This component is provided by the [[Item/internet card|Internet Card]]

Component name: `internet`. Callbacks:

* `isTcpEnabled():boolean`

<pre>Returns whether TCP connections can be made (config setting).
</pre>
* `isHttpEnabled():boolean`

<pre>Returns whether HTTP requests can be made (config setting).
</pre>
* `connect(address:string[, port:number]):userdata`

<pre>Opens a new TCP connection. Returns the handle of the connection.
</pre>
* `request(url:string[, postData:string[, headers:table]]):userdata`

<pre>Sends a new HTTP request. Returns the handle of the connection.
</pre>
=== TCP Socket Object ===

* `read([n:number]):string`

<pre>Tries to read data from the socket stream. Returns the read byte array.
</pre>
* `close()`

<pre>Closes an open socket stream.
</pre>
* `write(data:string):number`

<pre>Tries to write data to the socket stream. Returns the number of bytes written.
</pre>
* `finishConnect():boolean`

<pre>Ensures a socket is connected. Errors if the connection failed.
</pre>
* `id():string`

<pre>Returns the id for this socket.
</pre>
After calling `finishConnect` or `read`, this socket generates a signal named `internet_ready` whenever new data is available to be read. It has one parameter which is the socket id.

=== HTTP Request Object ===

* `read([n:number]):string`

<pre>Tries to read data from the response. Returns the read byte array.
</pre>
* `response():number, string, table`

<pre>Get response code, message and headers.
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* `close()`

<pre>Closes an open socket stream.
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* `finishConnect():boolean`

<pre>Ensures a response is available. Errors if the connection failed.
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