SimpleHttp

Unlike other projects / libraries, SimpleHttp doesn't have other dependencies

SimpleHttp	myfreeweb/httpotion	edgurgel/httpoison
$ mix app.tree simplehttp └── elixir	$ mix app.tree httpotion ├── elixir ├── ssl │ ├── crypto │ └── public_key │ ├── asn1 │ └── crypto └── ibrowse	$ mix app.tree httpoison ├── elixir └── hackney ├── crypto ├── asn1 ├── public_key │ ├── asn1 │ └── crypto ├── ssl │ ├── crypto │ └── public_key ├── idna ├── mimerl ├── certifi ├── ssl_verify_fun │ └── ssl └── metrics

Hex Installation

1. Add simplehttp to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [{:simplehttp, "~> 0.5.1"}]
end

Usage

Note:You can load SimpleHttp into the Elixir REPL by executing this command from the root of your project:

$ iex -S mix

Simple GET Request

{:ok, response} = SimpleHttp.get "http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1"

IO.inspect response 
{:ok,
%SimpleHttp.Response{
  body: "{\n  \"userId\": 1,\n  \"id\": 1,\n  \"title\": \"sunt aut facere repellat provident occaecati excepturi optio reprehenderit\",\n  \"body\": \"quia et suscipit\\nsuscipit recusandae consequuntur expedita et cum\\nreprehenderit molestiae ut ut quas totam\\nnostrum rerum est autem sunt rem eveniet architecto\"\n}",
  headers: [
    {'cache-control', 'public, max-age=14400'},
    {'connection', 'keep-alive'},
    {'date', 'Mon, 22 Oct 2018 07:02:48 GMT'},
    {'pragma', 'no-cache'},
    {'via', '1.1 vegur'},
    {'etag', 'W/"124-yiKdLzqO5gfBrJFrcdJ8Yq0LGnU"'},
    {'server', 'cloudflare'},
    {'vary', 'Origin, Accept-Encoding'},
    {'content-length', '292'},
    {'content-type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8'},
    {'expires', 'Mon, 22 Oct 2018 11:02:48 GMT'},
    {'set-cookie',
      '__cfduid=de34235eb1c3436a238889924c15be9671540191768; expires=Tue, 22-Oct-19 07:02:48 GMT; path=/; domain=.typicode.com; HttpOnly'},
    {'x-powered-by', 'Express'},
    {'access-control-allow-credentials', 'true'},
    {'x-content-type-options', 'nosniff'},
    {'cf-cache-status', 'HIT'},
    {'cf-ray', '46da19b6d5f87ea0-BUD'}
  ],
  status: 200
}}

Use headers_format: :binary option to return headers as strings:

SimpleHttp.get "http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1", headers_format: :binary |> IO.inspect

{:ok,
%SimpleHttp.Response{
  body: "{ ... }",
  headers: [
    {"cache-control", "public, max-age=14400"},
    {"connection", "keep-alive"},
    {"date", "Mon, 22 Oct 2018 07:02:48 GMT"},
    ...
  ],
  status: 200
}}

GET Request with query params

{:ok, response} = SimpleHttp.get "http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1", [
  query_params: [
    postId: 1
  ]
]

Download a file using a GET request

{:ok, %Response{body: :saved_to_file}} = SimpleHttp.get "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts", [
  ssl: [verify: :verify_none], headers: %{"User-Agent" => "Mozilla"},
  stream: "/tmp/posts.xml",
  timeout: 5000
]

POST with JSON

{:ok, response} = SimpleHttp.post "http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts", [
  body: "{\"name\":\"foo.example.com\"}",
  headers: %{
    "Content-Type" => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
    "Authorization" => "Bearer hash",
    "X-Customer" => "123"
  },
  timeout: 1000,
  connect_timeout: 1000
]

POST with params

{:ok, response} = SimpleHttp.post "http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts", [
  params: [
    title: "title is present here",
    message: "hello world!"
  ],
  headers: %{
    "Content-Type" => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
    "Authorization" => "Bearer hash",
    "X-Customer" => "123"
  },
  timeout: 1000,
  connect_timeout: 1000
]

Run a request in a custom HTTP profile with custom options

{:ok, response} = SimpleHttp.get "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts", [
  ssl: [verify: :verify_none], headers: %{"User-Agent" => "Mozilla"},
  timeout: 5000,
  profile: :test,
  verbose: :verbose
]
:ok = SimpleHttp.close(response)  # Stop the HTTPC :test profile