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title: "k6/http | Grafana k6 documentation"
description: "The k6/http module contains functionality for performing HTTP transactions."
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# k6/http

The [`k6/http` module](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/) contains functionality for performing HTTP transactions.

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| Function                                                                                                  | Description                                                                                                       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [batch( requests )](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/batch/)                                        | Issue multiple HTTP requests in parallel (like e.g. browsers tend to do).                                         |
| [cookieJar()](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/cookiejar-method/)                                   | Get active HTTP Cookie jar.                                                                                       |
| [del( url, \[body\], \[params\] )](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/del/)                           | Issue an HTTP DELETE request.                                                                                     |
| [file( data, \[filename\], \[contentType\] )](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/file/)               | Create a file object that is used for building multi-part requests.                                               |
| [get( url, \[params\] )](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/get/)                                     | Issue an HTTP GET request.                                                                                        |
| [head( url, \[params\] )](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/head/)                                   | Issue an HTTP HEAD request.                                                                                       |
| [options( url, \[body\], \[params\] )](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/options/)                   | Issue an HTTP OPTIONS request.                                                                                    |
| [patch( url, \[body\], \[params\] )](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/patch/)                       | Issue an HTTP PATCH request.                                                                                      |
| [post( url, \[body\], \[params\] )](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/post/)                         | Issue an HTTP POST request.                                                                                       |
| [put( url, \[body\], \[params\] )](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/put/)                           | Issue an HTTP PUT request.                                                                                        |
| [request( method, url, \[body\], \[params\] )](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/request/)           | Issue any type of HTTP request.                                                                                   |
| [asyncRequest( method, url, \[body\], \[params\] )](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/asyncrequest/) | Issue any type of HTTP request asynchronously.                                                                    |
| [setResponseCallback(expectedStatuses)](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/set-response-callback/)    | Sets a response callback to mark responses as expected.                                                           |
| [url\`url\`](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/url/)                                                 | Creates a URL with a name tag. Read more on [URL Grouping](/docs/k6/latest/using-k6/http-requests/#url-grouping). |
| [expectedStatuses( statusCodes )](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/expected-statuses/)              | Create a callback for setResponseCallback that checks status codes.                                               |

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| Class                                                          | Description                                                                              |
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| [CookieJar](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/cookiejar/) | Used for storing cookies, set by the server and/or added by the client.                  |
| [FileData](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/filedata/)   | Used for wrapping data representing a file when doing multipart requests (file uploads). |
| [Params](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/params/)       | Used for setting various HTTP request-specific parameters such as headers, cookies, etc. |
| [Response](/docs/k6/latest/javascript-api/k6-http/response/)   | Returned by the http.* methods that generate HTTP requests.                              |