Function ehttp::fetch_async

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pub async fn fetch_async(request: Request) -> Result<Response>
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Performs an async HTTP request.

Available on following platforms:

  • web
  • native behind the native-async feature.

Ok is returned if we get a response, even if it’s a 404.

Err can happen for a number of reasons:

  • No internet connection
  • DNS resolution failed
  • Firewall or proxy blocked the request
  • Server is not reachable
  • The URL is invalid
  • Server’s SSL cert is invalid
  • CORS errors
  • The initial GET which returned HTML contained CSP headers to block access to the resource
  • A browser extension blocked the request (e.g. ad blocker)
  • …