Elixir v1.8.2 API Reference

Modules

Key-based access to data structures.

Agents are a simple abstraction around state.

A module for working with applications and defining application callbacks.

Convenience functions for working with atoms.

This module provides data encoding and decoding functions according to RFC 4648.

Behaviour deprecated

Mechanism for handling behaviours.

A set of macros that perform calculations on bits.

This module defines the responsibilities for working with calendars, dates, times and datetimes in Elixir.

A calendar implementation that follows to ISO 8601.

This module defines a behaviour for providing time zone data.

Built-in time zone database that works only in Etc/UTC.

Utilities for managing code compilation, code evaluation, and code loading.

A protocol to traverse data structures.

A Date struct and functions.

Returns an inclusive range between dates.

A datetime implementation with a time zone.

Dict deprecated

Generic API for dictionaries.

A supervisor that starts children dynamically.

Provides a set of algorithms to work with enumerables.

Enumerable protocol used by Enum and Stream modules.

Functions to format throw/catch/exit and exceptions.

This module contains functions to manipulate files.

A struct that holds file information.

Defines a File.Stream struct returned by File.stream!/3.

Functions for working with floating-point numbers.

A set of functions for working with functions.

GenEvent deprecated

A event manager with event handlers behaviour.

A behaviour module for implementing the server of a client-server relation.

HashDict deprecated

Tuple-based HashDict implementation.

HashSet deprecated

Tuple-based HashSet implementation.

IO

Functions handling input/output (IO).

Functionality to render ANSI escape sequences.

Defines an IO.Stream struct returned by IO.stream/2 and IO.binstream/2.

The Inspect protocol converts an Elixir data structure into an algebra document.

A set of functions for creating and manipulating algebra documents.

Raised when a struct cannot be inspected.

Defines the options used by the Inspect protocol.

Functions for working with integers.

Kernel is Elixir's default environment.

A module responsible for compiling and requiring files in parallel.

Special forms are the basic building blocks of Elixir, and therefore cannot be overridden by the developer.

A set of functions for working with keywords.

Functions that work on (linked) lists.

The List.Chars protocol is responsible for converting a structure to a charlist (only if applicable).

Conveniences for working with macros.

A struct that holds compile time environment information.

Map

A set of functions for working with maps.

Functions that work on sets.

Provides functions to deal with modules during compilation time.

A NaiveDateTime struct (without a time zone) and functions.

Functions related to VM nodes.

Functions for parsing command line options.

This module provides conveniences for manipulating or retrieving file system paths.

Functions for interacting with the external world through ports.

Conveniences for working with processes and the process dictionary.

Functions for working with protocols.

Defines a range.

Module to work with, define, and import records.

Provides regular expressions for Elixir.

A local, decentralized and scalable key-value process storage.

Set deprecated

Generic API for sets.

Functions for creating and composing streams.

A String in Elixir is a UTF-8 encoded binary.

The String.Chars protocol is responsible for converting a structure to a binary (only if applicable).

Controls an IO device process that wraps a string.

A behaviour module for implementing supervisors.

Supervisor.Spec deprecated

Outdated functions for building child specifications.

The System module provides functions that interact directly with the VM or the host system.

Conveniences for spawning and awaiting tasks.

A task supervisor.

A Time struct and functions.

Functions for working with tuples.

URI

Utilities for working with URIs.

Functions for parsing and matching versions against requirements.