---
title: "request(method, url, [body], [params]) | Grafana k6 documentation"
description: "Generic method for making arbitrary HTTP requests"
---

# request(method, url, \[body], \[params])

Generic method for making arbitrary HTTP requests.

Consider using specific methods for making common requests [get](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/jslib/httpx/get/), [post](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/jslib/httpx/post/), [put](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/jslib/httpx/put/), [patch](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/jslib/httpx/patch/).

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| Parameter         | Type                                                                                                      | Description                                                                                        |
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| method            | string                                                                                                    | HTTP method. Must be uppercase (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, OPTIONS, HEAD, etc)                         |
| url               | string                                                                                                    | HTTP URL. If baseURL is set, provide only path.                                                    |
| body (optional)   | null / string / object / ArrayBuffer / [SharedArray](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-data/sharedarray/) | Request body; objects are `x-www-form-urlencoded`. To omit body, set to `null`.                    |
| params (optional) | null or object {}                                                                                         | Additional [parameters](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/params/) for this specific request. |

### Returns

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| Type                                                         | Description                                                               |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [Response](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/response/) | HTTP [Response](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/response/) object. |

### Example

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```javascript
import { Httpx } from 'https://jslib.k6.io/httpx/0.1.0/index.js';

const session = new Httpx({
  baseURL: 'https://quickpizza.grafana.com/api',
  timeout: 20000, // 20s timeout.
});

export default function testSuite() {
  const resp_get = session.request('GET', `/status/200`);
  const resp_post = session.request('POST', `/status/200`, { key: 'value' });
  const resp_put = session.request('PUT', `/status/200`, { key: 'value' });
  const resp_patch = session.request('PATCH', `/status/200`, { key: 'value' });
  const resp_delete = session.request('DELETE', `/status/200`);
}
```