Merge pull request #2164 from austince/docs/http-do

docs/httpDo

Author: lmccart

src/io/files.js

@@ -805,6 +805,56 @@ p5.prototype.httpPost = function () {
  * @param  {function}      [errorCallback] function to be executed if
  *                                    there is an error, response is passed
  *                                    in as first argument
+ *
+ *
+ * @example
+ * <div>
+ * <code>
+ * // Examples use USGS Earthquake API:
+ * // https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/#methods
+ *
+ * // displays an animation of all USGS earthquakes
+ * var earthquakes;
+ * var eqFeatureIndex = 0;
+ *
+ * function preload() {
+ *    var url = 'https://earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/query?format=geojson';
+ *    httpDo(url,
+ *      {
+ *        method: 'GET',
+ *        // Other Request options, like special headers for apis
+ *        headers: { authorization: 'Bearer secretKey' }
+ *      },
+ *      function(res) {
+ *        earthquakes = res;
+ *      });
+ * }
+ *
+ * function draw() {
+ *    // wait until the data is loaded
+ *    if (!earthquakes || !earthquakes.features[eqFeatureIndex]) {
+ *      return;
+ *    }
+ *    clear();
+ *
+ *    var feature = earthquakes.features[eqFeatureIndex];
+ *    var mag = feature.properties.mag;
+ *    var rad = mag / 11 * ((width + height) / 2);
+ *    fill(255, 0, 0, 100);
+ *    ellipse(
+ *      width / 2 + random(-2, 2),
+ *      height / 2 + random(-2, 2),
+ *      rad, rad
+ *    );
+ *
+ *    if (eqFeatureIndex >= earthquakes.features.length) {
+ *      eqFeatureIndex = 0;
+ *    } else {
+ *      eqFeatureIndex += 1;
+ *    }
+ * }
+ * </code>
+ * </div>
  */
 
 /**