How to make an API with SkHttp

SkHttp can let you make an API or listen for websockets, this tutorial will show you how to make an API.

First, you are going to want to make a new HTTP server, to do it safely remember to stop the HTTP server when the script unloads, here is an example:

# Addons needed: SkHttp

on load:
    set {server} to new http server with port 8000
    start http {server}

on unload:
    stop http {server}
    delete {server}

Great! Now you have a running HTTP server! Next we are going to want to make a new endpoint, also known as an HTTP Context, here is an example:

# Addons needed: SkHttp

on load:
    set {server} to new http server with port 1000
    make endpoint using {server}:
        method: "GET"
        path: "server"
        trigger:
            add 1 to {amount}
            respond with code 200 and message "{""amount"": %{amount}%}"

on unload:
    stop http {server}
    delete {server}

When done the endpoint should return something like this:

All that endpoint does is return the amount of the times the endpoint has been visited. But what about arguments? Here is an example of getting player information:

# Addons needed: SkHttp

on load:
    set {server} to new http server with port 1000
    make endpoint using {server}:
        method: "GET"
        path: "info"
        trigger:
            set {_name} to (first element of (full path of the exchange split at "/"))
            set {_json} to new json object
            if {_name} is empty:
                put "message" and "No player name set" in {_json}
                respond with code 400 and message {_json}
            else:
                set {_player} to ({_name} parsed as offline player)
                put "name" and {_player}'s name in {_json}
                put "uuid" and {_player}'s uuid in {_json}
                respond with code 200 and message {_json}
    start http {server}

on unload:
    stop http {server}
    delete {server}

When the endpoint is done, it should return something like this if there is an argument set:

This is just a tutorial on how to make a really simple API using SkHttp, you can make your own API using what ever you want.