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authorLoïc Hoguin <[email protected]>2019-01-09 18:23:21 +0100
committerLoïc Hoguin <[email protected]>2019-01-09 18:23:21 +0100
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Improve documentation about gun:headers/4,5
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-rw-r--r--doc/src/guide/http.asciidoc9
-rw-r--r--doc/src/guide/protocols.asciidoc6
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/guide/http.asciidoc b/doc/src/guide/http.asciidoc
index fb0c7dc..382b245 100644
--- a/doc/src/guide/http.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/src/guide/http.asciidoc
@@ -218,16 +218,17 @@ StreamRef = gun:options(ConnPid, "*").
==== Requests with an arbitrary method
-The `gun:request/4,5,6` function can be used to send requests
-with a configurable method name. It is mostly useful when you
-need a method that Gun does not understand natively.
+The functions `gun:headers/4,5` or `gun:request/5,6` can be
+used to send requests with a configurable method name. It is
+mostly useful when you need a method that Gun does not
+understand natively.
.Example of a TRACE request
[source,erlang]
----
gun:request(ConnPid, "TRACE", "/", [
{<<"max-forwards">>, "30"}
-]).
+], <<>>).
----
=== Processing responses
diff --git a/doc/src/guide/protocols.asciidoc b/doc/src/guide/protocols.asciidoc
index 2c4fd10..d2529e3 100644
--- a/doc/src/guide/protocols.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/src/guide/protocols.asciidoc
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ sends a request, the server sends back a response.
Gun provides convenience functions for performing GET, HEAD,
OPTIONS, POST, PATCH, PUT, and DELETE requests. All these
-functions are aliases of `gun:request/4,5,6` for the respective
-methods. Gun also provides a `gun:data/4` function for streaming
-the request body.
+functions are aliases of `gun:headers/4,5` or `gun:request/5,6`
+for the respective methods. Gun also provides a `gun:data/4`
+function for streaming the request body.
Gun will send a `gun_inform` message for every intermediate
informational responses received. They will always be sent