httpc

Bindings to Erlang’s built in HTTP client, httpc.

gleam add gleam_httpc@3

import gleam/http/request
import gleam/http/response
import gleam/httpc
import gleam/result
import gleeunit/should

pub fn send_request() {
  // Prepare a HTTP request record
  let assert Ok(base_req) =
    request.to("https://test-api.service.hmrc.gov.uk/hello/world")

  let req =
    request.prepend_header(base_req, "accept", "application/vnd.hmrc.1.0+json")

  // Send the HTTP request to the server
  use resp <- result.try(httpc.send(req))

  // We get a response record back
  resp.status
  |> should.equal(200)

  resp
  |> response.get_header("content-type")
  |> should.equal(Ok("application/json"))

  resp.body
  |> should.equal("{\"message\":\"Hello World\"}")

  Ok(resp)
}

Use with Erlang/OTP versions older than 26.0

Older versions of HTTPC do not verify TLS connections by default, so with them your connection may not be secure when using this library. Consider upgrading to a newer version of Erlang/OTP, or using a different HTTP client such as hackney.