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Inets is an Erlang application providing a container for Internet clients and servers, including an HTTP/1.1 compliant web server.

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How do I do an HTTPS request with Erlang?

I tried the inets library but it times out. I don't think it supports HTTPS. I am trying to use ibrowse, but it isn't working.
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Elixir - problems with https URLs

I'm new to Elixir and Erlang and having some issues with accessing https URLs. I've tried the Elixir-specific HTTPotion and Erlang's :inets module. So from the iex console (Interactive Elixir): With…
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Erlang HTTP Client: inets or ibrowse or ...?

I am working with Erlang and need to make efficient HTTP requests. What is the current "standard" HTTP Client for Erlang/OTP? Is it inets or ibrowse or something else entirely? Any advice or pointers appreciated.
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Erlang: HTTP GET Parameters with Inets

This post indicates how to make a simple GET HTTP request with Erlang's Inets application. Sometimes, URLs have GET parameters: http://example.net/item?parameter1=12¶meter2=1431¶meter3=8765 Besides including the parameters in the URL…
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Where does Nitrogen get the best performance - yaws, mochiweb, or inets?

The Nitrogen project web page declares equal support for yaws, mochiweb, and inets, but with which of these web servers is it going to perform the best? I.e. for a large scale application with mostly dynamic content with nitrogen + a web server…
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Erlang: when to perform `inets:start()`?

What is the appropriate place for performing inets:start() ? in `applicationname_app' module? in applicationname_sup supervisor module? in a child process hanging from the supervisor?\ someplace else? (I am still struggling with inets:httpd) Note:…
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Working example for Erlang Server Interface

I am trying to make Erlang's Inets mode_esi work and run some function. So, far, I did not succeed. Can someone post a minimal example of how to run Inets so that a url like http:localhost:8099/esi/my_mod:foo will invoke the method…
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why the cowboy as httpclient can't start inets

I want to send http post out from cowboy by using the otp's httpc:request/4; the application:start(inets) returns an error: error,{"no such file or directory","inets.app"} how can i start the inets??
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Erlang Web and Inets BindAddress

After installing Erlang Web 1.3 and starting it in interactive mode, I get the following error in the logs: Failed to start service: "config/inets.conf" due to: "httpd_conf: 0.0.0.0 is an invalid address" In my inets.conf I have the…
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Inets http client + authorization

How should I specify user/password for client authorization in http request made by httpc:request() function??
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Erlang: inets httpd with SSL

It is asininely ridiculous how difficult this is to set up. I've been trying for 3 days now. Combed the internet and this site for help, but nothing has worked. What I want is conceptually simple. I want an inets httpd server with ssl. Getting…
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How to define server root for inets tftp server

Seems trivial, but property {server_root, Path} in server config doesn't work. Any hints?
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Can Erlang's mod_esi redirect?

I'm trying to learn doing web application development in Erlang, just using the standard library's inets modules at this stage. The snag I've hit is that I want to validate the data from a post query, and then either redirect back to the form page…
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elixir: what are pros/cons of putting :inets:start in a function?

Currently I have :inets.start and :ssl.start in the hello/0 function. Is there documentation that discusses pros/cons of putting initialization code in that function vs. elsewhere? $ cat lib/jsontest.ex defmodule Jsontest do @u1…
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inets httpd: Can't get simple esi script to work

Here's the proplist_file that I use to configure the httpd server: [ {modules, [ mod_alias, mod_actions, mod_cgi, mod_get, mod_esi, mod_log ]}, {bind_address, "localhost"}, {port,0}, {server_name,"httpd_test"}, …
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