From 5b810c924da242632a04a2c44772cb892aa1b7c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Lo=C3=AFc=20Hoguin?= Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2018 22:44:16 +0200 Subject: Revamp the manual, one page per function/message --- doc/src/manual/gun.open.asciidoc | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 72 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/src/manual/gun.open.asciidoc (limited to 'doc/src/manual/gun.open.asciidoc') diff --git a/doc/src/manual/gun.open.asciidoc b/doc/src/manual/gun.open.asciidoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2e6c8b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/manual/gun.open.asciidoc @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ += gun:open(3) + +== Name + +gun:open - Open a connection to the given host and port + +== Description + +[source,erlang] +---- +open(Host, Port) -> open(Host, Port, #{}) +open(Host, Port, Opts) -> {ok, pid()} | {error, any()} + +Host :: inet:hostname() | inet:ip_address() +Port :: inet:port_number() +Opts :: gun:opts() +---- + +Open a connection to the given host and port. + +== Arguments + +Host:: + +Host or IP address to connect to. + +Port:: + +Port to connect to. + +Opts:: + +Options for this connection. + +== Return value + +The pid of the newly created Gun process is returned. +Note that this does not indicate that the connection +has been successfully opened; the link:man:gun_up(3)[gun_up(3)] +message will be sent for that. + +== Changelog + +* *1.0*: Function introduced. + +== Examples + +.Connect to a server +[source,erlang] +---- +{ok, ConnPid} = gun:open("example.org", 443). +---- + +.Connect to a server with custom options +[source,erlang] +---- +{ok, ConnPid} = gun:open("example.org", 443, + #{protocols => [http2]}). +---- + +.Connect to a server using its IP address +[source,erlang] +---- +{ok, ConnPid} = gun:open({127,0,0,1}, 443). +---- + +== See also + +link:man:gun(3)[gun(3)], +link:man:gun:open_unix(3)[gun:open_unix(3)], +link:man:gun:await_up(3)[gun:await_up(3)], +link:man:gun_up(3)[gun_up(3)] -- cgit v1.2.3