Load JSON from URL

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How do I load a JSON from an URL? I couldn't find anything about that in the documentation.

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https://docs.godotengine.org/en/3.0/tutorials/networking/http_request_class.html

extends CanvasLayer

func _ready():
    pass

func _on_Button_pressed():
    $HTTPRequest.request("http://www.mocky.io/v2/5185415ba171ea3a00704eed")

func _on_HTTPRequest_request_completed( result, response_code, headers, body ):
    var json = JSON.parse(body.get_string_from_utf8())
    print(json.result)
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Thank you! Hope that soon they implement a simpler way, like load_JSON(url).

by (519 points)

the problem i could imagine is: that a http request could take a while.
Then you have the problem that this could block the execution of your main thread.
So to me it looks like a common solution you find in nearly every callback based language.

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