HTTP & JSON httpResult

$httpResult[]

Retrieves the full response body of the last HTTP request, or extracts a specific field from a JSON response using the given key

Syntax

$httpResult[key?]

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
key	string	Optional	—	A dot-separated or bracket-indexed path into the JSON response (e.g., "name", "user;profile;avatar", "0;title"). If omitted, returns the entire raw response body.

Return Value

string

The response body or the extracted value at the specified key path. Returns an empty string if the key does not exist or the response is not valid JSON.

$httpResult provides access to the response from the most recent HTTP request. When called without arguments, it returns the raw response body as a string. When a key path is provided, it parses the response as JSON and navigates to the specified field using semicolons (;) as path separators. Numeric indices access array elements. Use $httpResult to extract meaningful data from API responses and display it with other BDFD functions.

Examples

Extract a top-level field

$httpGet[https://api.github.com/users/octocat]
$description[Login: $httpResult[login] — Repos: $httpResult[public_repos]]

Access nested JSON fields

$httpGet[https://api.github.com/repos/bot-maker/bot-creator]
$description[Owner: $httpResult[owner;login] — Stars: $httpResult[stargazers_count]]

Array indexing

$httpGet[https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts]
First post: $httpResult[0;title]
Second post: $httpResult[1;title]

Raw response

$httpGet[https://httpbin.org/uuid]
Raw UUID: $httpResult