# Make a http request

**URL:** <https://forum.thegraph.com/t/make-a-http-request/3746>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [November 23, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/make-a-http-request/3746 "2022-11-23T15:42:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![carlo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c4cdca/32.png) [@carlo](https://forum.thegraph.com/u/carlo)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/make-a-http-request/3746/1 "2022-11-23T15:42:08Z")

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Hello! Here’s my problem:  
some times ipfs.cat() returns null. In that case I want to retrieve data making a http request to some apis I have. Is it possibile to make a http call? i could not find anything!

thanks!