ryblovav / lhttpc

lhttpc is a lightweight HTTP/1.1 client implemented in Erlang.

NOTICE

This project is not supported anymore.

It's still here just to support legacy projects that may have it as a dependency. It's operational (at least, for Erlang versions lower than OTP 21)

If you're looking for an HTTP client, we would recommend you to switch to shotgun or fusco

OTP 20.1 Warning

lhttpc has an issue with OTP 20.1 and a bug in the server_name_indication ssl option. See #12 and #13 for more details. For lhttpc users on OTP 20.x, it is recommended to upgrade to OTP 20.3 or greater to avoid this potential issue.

Dependencies:

• Erlang/OTP R16B03-1 or newer
  • Application compiler to build, kernel, stdlib and ssl to run

Building:

For versions > 1.2.5, lhttpc is built using rebar. Take a look at http://bitbucket.org/basho/rebar/wiki/Home for more information. There is still a Makefile with some of the old make targets, such as all, doc, test etc. for those who prefer that. The makefile will however just call rebar.

Configuration: (environment variables)

• connection_timeout: The time (in milliseconds) the client will try to keep a HTTP/1.1 connection open. Changing this value in runtime has no effect, this can however be done through lhttpc_manager:update_connection_timeout/1.
• pool_size: The default number of client processes to allow in an lhttpc_manager pool. Can be overridden at pool creation time, or updated at run-time using lhttpc_manager:set_max_pool_size/2.