Is there simple boilerplate code to make HTTP outcalls from within canister?

blabagastered · December 13, 2022, 11:58pm

I saw https://github.com/dfinity/examples/tree/master/motoko/exchange_rate, but it’s a big overkill.

I just want a humble function or small boilerplate to add a humble HTTP outcall to my existing main.mo / project without adding a ton of extra stuff.

Is there simple boilerplate code to add HTTP outcalls to a project?

bytesun · December 14, 2022, 1:42am

I know this one, but haven’t tried it

github.com

ArgonStudiosXYZ/ic-emailer/blob/main/src/emailer_backend/main.mo

import Text "mo:base/Text";
import Cycles "mo:base/ExperimentalCycles";
import Error "mo:base/Error";
import Debug "mo:base/Debug";
import Nat16 "mo:base/Nat16";
import Nat8 "mo:base/Nat8";
import Nat "mo:base/Nat";
import Result "mo:base/Result";
import Blob "mo:base/Blob";
import T "types";
import Source "mo:uuid/async/SourceV4";
import UUID "mo:uuid/UUID";
import Bool "mo:base/Bool";
import M "mo:base/HashMap";
import Principal "mo:base/Principal";

actor Emailer {
  private var userKeyMap = M.HashMap<Principal, Text>(10, Principal.equal, Principal.hash);

  public shared ({ caller }) func sendEmail(to : Text, title : Text, content : Text) : async {

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Is there simple boilerplate code to make HTTP outcalls from within canister?

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