httpc

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

import gleam/httpc
import gleam/http.{Get}
import gleam/http/request
import gleam/http/response
import gleam/result
import gleeunit/should

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

 // 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)
}

Installation

gleam add gleam_httpc

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.

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