Bug: `requestUrl()` and server-sent events about obsidian-api

[ofalvai]

Note: I know there are other Obsidian plugins out there using the Anthropic API with streaming, so I checked one. This one solves the CORS issue in a different way, by running a proxy server with Node.js: https://github.com/logancyang/obsidian-copilot/blob/master/src/proxyServer.ts#L18

[joethei]

requestUrl does not support response streaming.

[ofalvai]

Can you give me some pointers how requestUrl() behaves in the desktop Obsidian app (my plugin is desktop only). What makes it work this way, and is there any way for me to work around it? I assume this function delegates to one of the Node HTTP APIs, can I rely on that as long as I'm only targeting the desktop app?

[joethei]

It's being delegated to the net.request Electron API.
The reasons requestUrl does not support streaming is mobile, it's a lot more complicated to do that with Capacitor.
If your plugin is "desktopOnly" then you can use the Node API.