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WWW

Creates a WWW request with the given URL.
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Definition

  • Type: Constructor
  • Namespace: UnityEngine
  • Assembly: UnityEngine.UnityWebRequestWWWModule

WWW(string)

Creates a WWW request with the given URL.
Warning
Deprecated. Use UnityWebRequest, a fully featured replacement which is more efficient and has additional features
public WWW(string url)

Parameters

url

string
The url to download. Must be '%' escaped.

Remarks

This function creates and sends a GET request. The stream will automatically start downloading the response.
After the stream is created you have to wait for it to complete, then you can access the downloaded data. As a convenience the stream can be yielded, so you can very easily tell Unity to wait for the download to complete.
Note: URL must be '%' escaped.

Examples

// Get the latest webcam shot from outside "Friday's" in Times Squareusing UnityEngine;using System.Collections;public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour{    public string url = "https://images.earthcam.com/ec_metros/ourcams/fridays.jpg";    IEnumerator Start()    {        // Start a download of the given URL        using (WWW www = new WWW(url))        {            // Wait for download to complete            yield return www;            // assign texture            Renderer renderer = GetComponent<Renderer>();            renderer.material.mainTexture = www.textureNonReadable;        }    }}

WWW(string, WWWForm)

Creates a WWW request with the given URL.
Warning
Deprecated. Use UnityWebRequest, a fully featured replacement which is more efficient and has additional features
public WWW(string url, WWWForm form)

Parameters

url

string
The url to download. Must be '%' escaped.

form

WWWForm
A WWWForm instance containing the form data to post.

Remarks

This function creates and sends a POST request with form data contained in a WWWForm parameter. This is the same as calling 
new WWW(url,form.data, form.headers)
. The stream will automatically start downloading the response.
After the stream is created you have to wait for it to complete, then you can access the downloaded data. As a convenience the stream can be yielded, so you can very easily tell Unity to wait for the download to complete.
Note: URL must be '%' escaped.

WWW(string, byte[])

Creates a WWW request with the given URL.
Warning
Deprecated. Use UnityWebRequest, a fully featured replacement which is more efficient and has additional features
public WWW(string url, byte[] postData)

Parameters

url

string
The url to download. Must be '%' escaped.

postData

byte[]
A byte array of data to be posted to the url.

Remarks

This function creates and sends a POST request with raw post data contained in postData. The stream will automatically start downloading the response. Use this version if you need to post raw post data in a custom format to the server.
After the stream is created you have to wait for it to complete, then you can access the downloaded data. As a convenience the stream can be yielded, so you can very easily tell Unity to wait for the download to complete.
Note: URL must be '%' escaped.

WWW(string, byte[], Hashtable)

Creates a WWW request with the given URL.
Warning
Deprecated. This overload is deprecated. Use UnityEngine.WWW.WWW(string, byte[], System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<string, string>) instead.
public WWW(string url, byte[] postData, Hashtable headers)

Parameters

url

string
The url to download. Must be '%' escaped.

postData

byte[]
A byte array of data to be posted to the url.

headers

Hashtable
A hash table of custom headers to send with the request.

Remarks

This function creates and sends a POST request with raw post data contained in postData and custom request headers supplied in the 
headers
hashtable. The stream will automatically start downloading the response. Use this version if you need to post raw post data in a custom format to the server or if you need to supply custom request headers.
After the stream is created you have to wait for it to complete, then you can access the downloaded data. As a convenience the stream can be yielded, so you can very easily tell Unity to wait for the download to complete.
Note: URL must be '%' escaped.

WWW(string, byte[], Dictionary<string, string>)

Creates a WWW request with the given URL.
Warning
Deprecated. Use UnityWebRequest, a fully featured replacement which is more efficient and has additional features
public WWW(string url, byte[] postData, Dictionary<string, string> headers)

Parameters

url

string
The url to download. Must be '%' escaped.

postData

byte[]
A byte array of data to be posted to the url.

headers

Dictionary<string, string>
A dictionary that contains the header keys and values to pass to the server.

Remarks

This function creates and sends a POST request with raw post data contained in postData and custom request headers supplied in the 
headers
Dictionary. The stream will automatically start downloading the response. Use this version if you need to post raw post data in a custom format to the server or if you need to supply custom request headers.
After the stream is created you have to wait for it to complete, then you can access the downloaded data. As a convenience the stream can be yielded, so you can very easily tell Unity to wait for the download to complete.
Note: URL must be '%' escaped.