nim-chronos/docs/examples/httpget.nim

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import chronos/apps/http/httpclient
proc retrievePage*(uri: string): Future[string] {.async.} =
# Create a new HTTP session
let httpSession = HttpSessionRef.new()
try:
# Fetch page contents
let resp = await httpSession.fetch(parseUri(uri))
# Convert response to a string, assuming its encoding matches the terminal!
bytesToString(resp.data)
finally: # Close the session
await noCancel(httpSession.closeWait())
echo waitFor retrievePage(
"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/status-im/nim-chronos/master/README.md")