Gun Function Reference

Name

gun - HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2 and Websocket client for Erlang/OTP

Description

Gun is an HTTP client for Erlang/OTP with support for the HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2 and Websocket protocols.

Gun aims to provide an easy to use, asynchronous and always-connected client. It maintains a permanent connection to the server and reconnects automatically when necessary.

Modules

  • gun(3) - Asynchronous HTTP client

Dependencies

  • cowlib(7) - Support library for manipulating Web protocols
  • ssl - Secure communication over sockets

All these applications must be started before the gun application. To start Gun and all dependencies at once:

{ok, _} = application:ensure_all_started(gun).

Environment

The gun application does not define any application environment configuration parameters.

See also

cowlib(7)

Gun 1.0 Function Reference

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