raxx v0.14.5 Raxx.Request

HTTP requests to a Raxx application are encapsulated in a Raxx.Request struct.

A request has all the properties of the url it was sent to. In addition it has optional content, in the body. As well as a variable number of headers that contain meta data.

Where appropriate URI properties are named from this definition.

scheme:[//[user:password@]host[:port]][/]path[?query][#fragment]

from wikipedia

The contents are itemised below:

schemehttp or https, depending on the transport used.
authorityThe location of the hosting server, as a binary. e.g. www.example.com. Plus an optional port number, separated from the hostname by a colon
methodThe HTTP request method, such as “GET” or “POST”, as a binary. This cannot ever be an empty string, and is always uppercase.
mountThe segments of the request URL’s “path”, that have already been matched. Same as rack path_info. This may be an empty array, if the requested URL targets the application root.
pathThe remainder of the request URL’s “path”, split into segments. It designates the virtual “location” of the request’s target within the application. This may be an empty array, if the requested URL targets the application root.
queryThe query parameters from the URL search string, formatted as a map of strings.
headersThe headers from the HTTP request as a map of strings. Note all headers will be downcased, e.g. %{"content-type" => "text/plain"}
bodyThe body content sent with the request

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Types

Method to indicate the desired action to be performed on the identified resource

Scheme describing protocol used

t()

Elixir representation for an HTTP request

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method() :: atom()

Method to indicate the desired action to be performed on the identified resource.

Link to this type scheme()
scheme() :: :http | :https

Scheme describing protocol used.

Link to this type t()
t() :: %Raxx.Request{authority: binary(), body: Raxx.body(), headers: Raxx.headers(), method: method(), mount: [binary()], path: [binary()], query: %{optional(binary()) => binary()} | nil, scheme: scheme()}

Elixir representation for an HTTP request.