---
title: Standard Actions
description: Actions available in the standard library
---

These actions are available in all Runbooks as part of the standard library.

## send_http_request

The `std::send_http_request` action makes an HTTP request to the specified URL.

### Inputs

| Name         | Required | Type    | Description                                            |
| ------------ | -------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| `url`        | required | string  | The URL to send the request to                         |
| `method`     | optional | string  | The HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE). Default: GET |
| `headers`    | optional | map     | HTTP headers to include in the request                 |
| `body`       | optional | string  | The request body (for POST/PUT requests)               |
| `timeout_ms` | optional | integer | Request timeout in milliseconds                        |

### Outputs

| Name          | Type    | Description          |
| ------------- | ------- | -------------------- |
| `status_code` | integer | The HTTP status code |
| `body`        | string  | The response body    |
| `headers`     | map     | The response headers |

```hcl
action "api_call" "std::send_http_request" {
    description = "Fetch data from API"
    url = "https://api.example.com/data"
    method = "GET"
    headers = {
        "Authorization" = "Bearer ${variable.token}"
    }
}

output "response" {
    value = action.api_call.body
}

output "status" {
    value = action.api_call.status_code
}
```

### POST Request Example

```hcl
action "create_resource" "std::send_http_request" {
    description = "Create a new resource"
    url = "https://api.example.com/resources"
    method = "POST"
    headers = {
        "Content-Type" = "application/json"
    }
    body = {
        "name" = variable.name,
        "value" = variable.value
    }
}
```