= gun:await_body(3)
== Name
gun:await_body - Wait for the complete response body
== Description
[source,erlang]
----
await_body(ConnPid, StreamRef)
-> await_body(ConnPid, StreamRef, 5000, MonitorRef)
await_body(ConnPid, StreamRef, MonitorRef)
-> await_body(ConnPid, StreamRef, 5000, MonitorRef)
await_body(ConnPid, StreamRef, Timeout)
-> await_body(ConnPid, StreamRef, Timeout, MonitorRef)
await_body(ConnPid, StreamRef, Timeout, MonitorRef)
-> {ok, Body} | {ok, Body, Trailers} | {error, Reason}
ConnPid :: pid()
StreamRef :: reference()
MonitorRef :: reference()
Timeout :: timeout()
Body :: binary()
Trailers :: [{binary(), binary()}]
Reason :: timeout | any()
----
Wait for the complete response body.
== Arguments
ConnPid::
The pid of the Gun connection process.
StreamRef::
Identifier of the stream for the original request.
Timeout::
How long to wait for each message, in milliseconds.
MonitorRef::
Monitor for the Gun connection process.
+
A monitor is automatically created for the duration of this
call when one is not provided.
== Return value
The body is returned, possibly with trailers if the
request contained a `te: trailers` header. Error tuples
may also be returned when a timeout or an error occur.
== Changelog
* *1.0*: Function introduced.
== Examples
.Wait for the complete response body
[source,erlang]
----
StreamRef = gun:get(ConnPid, "/articles", [
{<<"accept">>, <<"text/html;q=1.0, application/xml;q=0.1">>}
]).
{response, nofin, 200, _Headers} = gun:await(ConnPid, StreamRef).
{ok, _Body} = gun:await_body(ConnPid, StreamRef).
----
== See also
link:man:gun(3)[gun(3)],
link:man:gun:get(3)[gun:get(3)],
link:man:gun:head(3)[gun:head(3)],
link:man:gun:options(3)[gun:options(3)],
link:man:gun:patch(3)[gun:patch(3)],
link:man:gun:post(3)[gun:post(3)],
link:man:gun:put(3)[gun:put(3)],
link:man:gun:delete(3)[gun:delete(3)],
link:man:gun:request(3)[gun:request(3)],
link:man:gun:await(3)[gun:await(3)]
