# Http.request retrieve progress

**URL:** <https://forum.defold.com/t/http-request-retrieve-progress/69283>\
**Category:** Feature requests (USE GITHUB)\
**Created:** [September 16, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/http-request-retrieve-progress/69283 "2021-09-16T12:42:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Lex](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/lex/32/23856_2.png) [@Lex](https://forum.defold.com/u/Lex)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/http-request-retrieve-progress/69283/1 "2021-09-16T12:42:44Z")

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It would be great to be able to know the progress of the download of a file, this mean a callback for when new data is downloaded using the `http.request` method

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**Author:** ![Mathias\_Westerdahl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/mathias_westerdahl/32/228_2.png) [@Mathias\_Westerdahl](https://forum.defold.com/u/Mathias_Westerdahl)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/http-request-retrieve-progress/69283/2 "2021-09-16T13:17:58Z")

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Please add a ticket on github!