A Directus Flow operation to send HTTP requests with advanced settings: custom method, URL, headers, body, redirect behavior, and optional raw body output.

Operation type: operation
Language: TypeScript
Uses global fetch (Node.js 18+)
Output shape compatible with Directus built-in “request” operation:
- { status, statusText, headers, data?, rawBody? }

Features

HTTP method: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, HEAD, OPTIONS (or any custom)
URL
Headers: list of { header, value }
Body (auto-JSON when object and no Content-Type provided)
followRedirects: follow or not (manual) redirects
rawBody: optionally returns base64-encoded raw response body as a Data URL
Smart response parsing:
- JSON → parsed into data
- text/* → parsed into data
- binary (e.g. image, pdf) → data omitted, only rawBody returned
Can be used to forward or upload remote files (e.g. fetch image → send to another API)

Usage in a Flow

Add operation: HTTP Request (Advanced)
Options:
- Method: e.g., GET
- URL: e.g., https://httpbin.org/get?hello=world
- Headers: []
- Body: empty or JSON
- Follow redirects: true/false
- Return raw body (base64 Data URL): true/false

Output

Example with JSON:

{
  "status": 200,
  "statusText": "OK",
  "headers": {
    "content-type": "application/json"
  },
  "data": { "example": "value" }
}

Example with HTML when rawBody = true:

{
  "status": 200,
  "statusText": "OK",
  "headers": { "content-type": "text/html" },
  "data": "<html>...</html>",
  "rawBody": "data:text/html;base64,PGh0bWw+Li4uPC9odG1sPg=="
}

Example with an image file when rawBody = true:

{
  "status": 200,
  "statusText": "OK",
  "headers": { "content-type": "image/jpeg" },
  "rawBody": "data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQ..."
}

Note: in this case, data is omitted because the response is binary.

Options Reference

method: string (default: GET)
url: string (required)
headers: Array<{ header: string; value: string }>
body: any
followRedirects: boolean (default: true)
rawBody: boolean (default: false)

Behavior

When body is an object and Content-Type isn’t set, it is sent as JSON (application/json; charset=utf-8).
When followRedirects = false, fetch uses redirect: "manual".
Response parsing:
- If Content-Type includes application/json → parsed as JSON in data.
- If Content-Type starts with text/ → parsed as text in data.
- Otherwise (binary file) → omit data, only return rawBody as base64 Data URL.

Example Flow

Trigger: Webhook (key: test-http)
Step 1: HTTP Request (Advanced)
- Method: GET
- URL: https://httpbin.org/get?hello=world
- Follow redirects: true
- Raw body: false
Optional Step 2: Log
- Message: {{ steps.step1.status }} - {{ steps.step1.data.url }}

License

MIT Dan Denolf

Keywords

directus

directus-extension

directus-extension-operation

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Package last updated on 21 Aug 2025

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