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main.lua

-- Load some libraries
local uv = require('uv')
local request = require('coro-http').request
local jsonParse = require('json').parse

-- Run our logic in a coroutine for blocking coro-I/O
coroutine.wrap(function ()
  
  -- Make an http request
  local res, body = request("GET", "http://lit.luvit.io/packages/creationix")
  
  -- Print the results
  p(res)
  p(jsonParse(body))
    
  -- Stop the event loop
  uv.stop()
end)()

-- Start the event loop
uv.run()

package.lua

return {
  name = "creationix/gist-test",
  version = "0.0.0",
  private = true,
  dependencies = {
    "luvit/require",
    "luvit/pretty-print",
    "luvit/json",
    "creationix/coro-http"
  }
}