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<h1 class="lined-header"><span>HTTP</span></h1>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>This chapter describes how to use the Gun client for
-communicating with an HTTP/1.1 or HTTP/2 server.</p></div>
-<div class="sect1">
-<h2 id="_streams">Streams</h2>
-<div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Every time a request is initiated, Gun creates a <em>stream</em>.
-A <em>stream reference</em> uniquely identifies a set of request and
-response(s) and must be used to perform additional operations
-with a stream or to identify its messages.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Stream references use the Erlang <em>reference</em> data type and
-are therefore unique.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Streams can be canceled at any time. This will stop any further
-messages from being sent to the owner process. Depending on
-its capabilities, the server will also be instructed to cancel
-the request.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Canceling a stream may result in Gun dropping the connection
-temporarily, to avoid uploading or downloading data that will
-not be used.</p></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">Cancelling a stream</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
-by Lorenzo Bettini
-http://www.lorenzobettini.it
-http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
-<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:cancel</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-</div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect1">
-<h2 id="_sending_requests">Sending requests</h2>
-<div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Gun provides many convenient functions for performing common
-operations, like GET, POST or DELETE. It also provides a
-general purpose function in case you need other methods.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The availability of these methods on the server can vary
-depending on the software used but also on a per-resource
-basis.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Gun will automatically set a few headers depending on the
-method used. For all methods however it will set the host
-header if it has not been provided in the request arguments.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>This section focuses on the act of sending a request. The
-handling of responses will be explained further on.</p></div>
-<div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="_get_and_head">GET and HEAD</h4>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Use <code>gun:get/{2,3,4}</code> to request a resource.</p></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">GET "/organizations/ninenines"</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
-by Lorenzo Bettini
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-<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:get</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">GET "/organizations/ninenines" with custom headers</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
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-<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:get</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>, [
- {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"accept"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"application/json"</span>},
- {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"user-agent"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"revolver/1.0"</span>}
-])<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Note that the list of headers has the field name as a binary.
-The field value is iodata, which is either a binary or an
-iolist.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Use <code>gun:head/{2,3,4}</code> if you don&#8217;t need the response body.</p></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">HEAD "/organizations/ninenines"</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
-by Lorenzo Bettini
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-<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:head</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">HEAD "/organizations/ninenines" with custom headers</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
-by Lorenzo Bettini
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-<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:head</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>, [
- {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"accept"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"application/json"</span>},
- {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"user-agent"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"revolver/1.0"</span>}
-])<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>It is not possible to send a request body with a GET or HEAD
-request.</p></div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="_post_put_and_patch">POST, PUT and PATCH</h4>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>HTTP defines three methods to create or update a resource.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>POST is generally used when the resource identifier (URI) isn&#8217;t known
-in advance when creating the resource. POST can also be used to
-replace an existing resource, although PUT is more appropriate
-in that situation.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>PUT creates or replaces a resource identified by the URI.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>PATCH provides instructions on how to modify the resource.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Both POST and PUT send the entire resource representation in their
-request body. The PATCH method can be used when this is not
-desirable. The request body of a PATCH method may be a partial
-representation or a list of instructions on how to update the
-resource.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>gun:post/{4,5}</code>, <code>gun:put/{4,5}</code> and <code>gun:patch/{4,5}</code> functions
-take a body as their fourth argument. These functions do
-not require any body-specific header to be set, although
-it is always recommended to set the content-type header.
-Gun will set the other headers automatically.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>In this and the following examples in this section, <code>gun:post</code>
-can be replaced by <code>gun:put</code> or <code>gun:patch</code> for performing
-a PUT or PATCH request, respectively.</p></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">POST "/organizations/ninenines"</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
-by Lorenzo Bettini
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-<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Body</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"{\"msg\": \"Hello world!\"}"</span>,
-<span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:post</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>, [
- {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"content-type"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"application/json"</span>}
-], <span style="color: #009900">Body</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>gun:post/3</code>, <code>gun:put/3</code> and <code>gun:patch/3</code> functions
-do not take a body in their arguments. If a body is to be
-provided later on, using the <code>gun:data/4</code> function, then
-the request headers must indicate this. This can be done
-by setting the content-length or content-type request
-headers. If these headers are not set then Gun will assume
-the request has no body.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>It is recommended to send the content-length header if you
-know it in advance, although this is not required. If it
-is not set, HTTP/1.1 will use the chunked transfer-encoding,
-and HTTP/2 will continue normally as it is chunked by design.</p></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">POST "/organizations/ninenines" with delayed body</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
-by Lorenzo Bettini
-http://www.lorenzobettini.it
-http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
-<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Body</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"{\"msg\": \"Hello world!\"}"</span>,
-<span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:post</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>, [
- {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"content-length"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">integer_to_binary</span></span>(<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">length</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Body</span>))},
- {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"content-type"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"application/json"</span>}
-]),
-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:data</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">fin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Body</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The atom <code>fin</code> indicates this is the last chunk of data to
-be sent. You can call the <code>gun:data/4</code> function as many
-times as needed until you have sent the entire body. The
-last call must use <code>fin</code> and all the previous calls must
-use <code>nofin</code>. The last chunk may be empty.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>@todo what to do about empty chunk, ignore?</p></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">Streaming the request body</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
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-<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">sendfile</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Filepath</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
- {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="color: #009900">IoDevice</span>} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">file:open</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Filepath</span>, [<span style="color: #FF6600">read</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">binary</span></span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">raw</span>]),
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">do_sendfile</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">IoDevice</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span>
-
-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">do_sendfile</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">IoDevice</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">case</span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">file:read</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">IoDevice</span>, <span style="color: #993399">8000</span>) <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">of</span></span>
- <span style="color: #FF6600">eof</span> <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:data</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">fin</span>, <span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;&gt;&gt;</span>),
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">file:close</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">IoDevice</span>);
- {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Bin</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:data</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">nofin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Bin</span>),
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">do_sendfile</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">IoDevice</span>)
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="_delete">DELETE</h4>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Use <code>gun:delete/{2,3,4}</code> to delete a resource.</p></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">DELETE "/organizations/ninenines"</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
-by Lorenzo Bettini
-http://www.lorenzobettini.it
-http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
-<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:delete</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">DELETE "/organizations/ninenines" with custom headers</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
-by Lorenzo Bettini
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-<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:delete</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>, [
- {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"user-agent"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"revolver/1.0"</span>}
-])<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="_options">OPTIONS</h4>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Use <code>gun:options/{2,3}</code> to request information about a resource.</p></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">OPTIONS "/organizations/ninenines"</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
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-<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:options</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">OPTIONS "/organizations/ninenines" with custom headers</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
-by Lorenzo Bettini
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-<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:options</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>, [
- {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"user-agent"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"revolver/1.0"</span>}
-])<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>You can also use this function to request information about
-the server itself.</p></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">OPTIONS "*"</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
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-<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:options</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"*"</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect3">
-<h4 id="_requests_with_an_arbitrary_method">Requests with an arbitrary method</h4>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>gun:request/{4,5,6}</code> 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.</p></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">Example of a TRACE request</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
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-<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:request</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"TRACE"</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/"</span>, [
- {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"max-forwards"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"30"</span>}
-])<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-</div>
-</div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect1">
-<h2 id="_processing_responses">Processing responses</h2>
-<div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="paragraph"><p>All data received from the server is sent to the owner
-process as a message. First a <code>gun_response</code> message is sent,
-followed by zero or more <code>gun_data</code> messages. If something goes wrong,
-a <code>gun_error</code> message is sent instead.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The response message will inform you whether there will be
-data messages following. If it contains <code>fin</code> there will be
-no data messages. If it contains <code>nofin</code> then one or more data
-messages will follow.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>When using HTTP/2 this value is sent with the frame and simply
-passed on in the message. When using HTTP/1.1 however Gun must
-guess whether data will follow by looking at the response headers.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>You can receive messages directly, or you can use the <em>await</em>
-functions to let Gun receive them for you.</p></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">Receiving a response using receive</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
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-<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">print_body</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">MRef</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
- <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:get</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/"</span>),
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">receive</span></span>
- {<span style="color: #FF6600">gun_response</span>, <span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">fin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Status</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Headers</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
- <span style="color: #FF6600">no_data</span>;
- {<span style="color: #FF6600">gun_response</span>, <span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">nofin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Status</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Headers</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">receive_data</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">MRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>);
- {<span style="color: #FF6600">'DOWN'</span>, <span style="color: #009900">MRef</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">process</span></span>, <span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Reason</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">error_logger:error_msg</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"Oops!"</span>),
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">exit</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Reason</span>)
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">after</span></span> <span style="color: #993399">1000</span> <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">exit</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF6600">timeout</span>)
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span>
-
-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">receive_data</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">MRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">receive</span></span>
- {<span style="color: #FF6600">gun_data</span>, <span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">nofin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Data</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">io:format</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"~s~n"</span>, [<span style="color: #009900">Data</span>]),
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">receive_data</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">MRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>);
- {<span style="color: #FF6600">gun_data</span>, <span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">fin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Data</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">io:format</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"~s~n"</span>, [<span style="color: #009900">Data</span>]);
- {<span style="color: #FF6600">'DOWN'</span>, <span style="color: #009900">MRef</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">process</span></span>, <span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Reason</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">error_logger:error_msg</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"Oops!"</span>),
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">exit</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Reason</span>)
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">after</span></span> <span style="color: #993399">1000</span> <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">exit</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF6600">timeout</span>)
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>While it may seem verbose, using messages like this has the
-advantage of never locking your process, allowing you to
-easily debug your code. It also allows you to start more than
-one connection and concurrently perform queries on all of them
-at the same time.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>You can also use Gun in a synchronous manner by using the <em>await</em>
-functions.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>gun:await/{2,3,4}</code> function will wait until it receives
-a response to, a pushed resource related to, or data from
-the given stream.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>When calling <code>gun:await/{2,3}</code> and not passing a monitor
-reference, one is automatically created for you for the
-duration of the call.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>gun:await_body/{2,3,4}</code> works similarly, but returns the
-body received. Both functions can be combined to receive the
-response and its body sequentially.</p></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">Receiving a response using await</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
-by Lorenzo Bettini
-http://www.lorenzobettini.it
-http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
-<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:get</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/"</span>),
-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">case</span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:await</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>) <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">of</span></span>
- {<span style="color: #FF6600">response</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">fin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Status</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Headers</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
- <span style="color: #FF6600">no_data</span>;
- {<span style="color: #FF6600">response</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">nofin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Status</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Headers</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
- {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Body</span>} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:await_body</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>),
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">io:format</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"~s~n"</span>, [<span style="color: #009900">Body</span>])
-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-</div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect1">
-<h2 id="_handling_streams_pushed_by_the_server">Handling streams pushed by the server</h2>
-<div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The HTTP/2 protocol allows the server to push more than one
-resource for every request. It will start sending those
-extra resources before it starts sending the response itself,
-so Gun will send you <code>gun_push</code> messages before <code>gun_response</code>
-when that happens.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>You can safely choose to ignore <code>gun_push</code> messages, or
-you can handle them. If you do, you can either receive the
-messages directly or use <em>await</em> functions.</p></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>gun_push</code> message contains both the new stream reference
-and the stream reference of the original request.</p></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">Receiving a pushed response using receive</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
-by Lorenzo Bettini
-http://www.lorenzobettini.it
-http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
-<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">receive</span></span>
- {<span style="color: #FF6600">gun_push</span>, <span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">OriginalStreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">PushedStreamRef</span>,
- <span style="color: #009900">Method</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Host</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Path</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Headers</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
- <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">enjoy</span></span>()
-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>If you use the <code>gun:await/{2,3,4}</code> function, however, Gun
-will use the original reference to identify the message but
-will return a tuple that doesn&#8217;t contain it.</p></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">Receiving a pushed response using await</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
-by Lorenzo Bettini
-http://www.lorenzobettini.it
-http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
-<pre><tt>{<span style="color: #FF6600">push</span>, <span style="color: #009900">PushedStreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Method</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Host</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Path</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Headers</span>}
- <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:await</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">OriginalStreamRef</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>PushedStreamRef</code> variable can then be used with <code>gun:await_body/{2,3,4}</code>
-if needed.</p></div>
-</div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect1">
-<h2 id="_flushing_unwanted_messages">Flushing unwanted messages</h2>
-<div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Gun provides the function <code>gun:flush/1</code> to quickly get rid
-of unwanted messages sitting in the process mailbox. You
-can use it to get rid of all messages related to a connection,
-or just the messages related to a stream.</p></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">Flush all messages from a Gun connection</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
-by Lorenzo Bettini
-http://www.lorenzobettini.it
-http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
-<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:flush</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">Flush all messages from a specific stream</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
-by Lorenzo Bettini
-http://www.lorenzobettini.it
-http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
-<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:flush</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-</div>
-</div>
-<div class="sect1">
-<h2 id="_redirecting_responses_to_a_different_process">Redirecting responses to a different process</h2>
-<div class="sectionbody">
-<div class="paragraph"><p>Gun allows you to specify which process will handle responses
-to a request via the <code>reply_to</code> request option.</p></div>
-<div class="listingblock">
-<div class="title">GET "/organizations/ninenines" to a different process</div>
-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
-by Lorenzo Bettini
-http://www.lorenzobettini.it
-http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
-<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:get</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>, [],
- #{<span style="color: #0000FF">reply_to</span> <span style="color: #990000">=&gt;</span> <span style="color: #009900">Pid</span>})<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
-</div>
-</div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>This chapter describes how to use the Gun client for
+communicating with an HTTP/1.1 or HTTP/2 server.</p></div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_streams">Streams</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Every time a request is initiated, Gun creates a <em>stream</em>.
+A <em>stream reference</em> uniquely identifies a set of request and
+response(s) and must be used to perform additional operations
+with a stream or to identify its messages.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Stream references use the Erlang <em>reference</em> data type and
+are therefore unique.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Streams can be canceled at any time. This will stop any further
+messages from being sent to the owner process. Depending on
+its capabilities, the server will also be instructed to cancel
+the request.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Canceling a stream may result in Gun dropping the connection
+temporarily, to avoid uploading or downloading data that will
+not be used.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">Cancelling a stream</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:cancel</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_sending_requests">Sending requests</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Gun provides many convenient functions for performing common
+operations, like GET, POST or DELETE. It also provides a
+general purpose function in case you need other methods.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The availability of these methods on the server can vary
+depending on the software used but also on a per-resource
+basis.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Gun will automatically set a few headers depending on the
+method used. For all methods however it will set the host
+header if it has not been provided in the request arguments.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>This section focuses on the act of sending a request. The
+handling of responses will be explained further on.</p></div>
+<div class="sect3">
+<h4 id="_get_and_head">GET and HEAD</h4>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Use <code>gun:get/{2,3,4}</code> to request a resource.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">GET "/organizations/ninenines"</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:get</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">GET "/organizations/ninenines" with custom headers</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:get</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>, [
+ {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"accept"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"application/json"</span>},
+ {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"user-agent"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"revolver/1.0"</span>}
+])<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Note that the list of headers has the field name as a binary.
+The field value is iodata, which is either a binary or an
+iolist.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Use <code>gun:head/{2,3,4}</code> if you don&#8217;t need the response body.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">HEAD "/organizations/ninenines"</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:head</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">HEAD "/organizations/ninenines" with custom headers</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:head</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>, [
+ {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"accept"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"application/json"</span>},
+ {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"user-agent"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"revolver/1.0"</span>}
+])<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>It is not possible to send a request body with a GET or HEAD
+request.</p></div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect3">
+<h4 id="_post_put_and_patch">POST, PUT and PATCH</h4>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>HTTP defines three methods to create or update a resource.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>POST is generally used when the resource identifier (URI) isn&#8217;t known
+in advance when creating the resource. POST can also be used to
+replace an existing resource, although PUT is more appropriate
+in that situation.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>PUT creates or replaces a resource identified by the URI.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>PATCH provides instructions on how to modify the resource.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Both POST and PUT send the entire resource representation in their
+request body. The PATCH method can be used when this is not
+desirable. The request body of a PATCH method may be a partial
+representation or a list of instructions on how to update the
+resource.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>gun:post/{4,5}</code>, <code>gun:put/{4,5}</code> and <code>gun:patch/{4,5}</code> functions
+take a body as their fourth argument. These functions do
+not require any body-specific header to be set, although
+it is always recommended to set the content-type header.
+Gun will set the other headers automatically.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>In this and the following examples in this section, <code>gun:post</code>
+can be replaced by <code>gun:put</code> or <code>gun:patch</code> for performing
+a PUT or PATCH request, respectively.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">POST "/organizations/ninenines"</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Body</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"{\"msg\": \"Hello world!\"}"</span>,
+<span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:post</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>, [
+ {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"content-type"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"application/json"</span>}
+], <span style="color: #009900">Body</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>gun:post/3</code>, <code>gun:put/3</code> and <code>gun:patch/3</code> functions
+do not take a body in their arguments. If a body is to be
+provided later on, using the <code>gun:data/4</code> function, then
+the request headers must indicate this. This can be done
+by setting the content-length or content-type request
+headers. If these headers are not set then Gun will assume
+the request has no body.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>It is recommended to send the content-length header if you
+know it in advance, although this is not required. If it
+is not set, HTTP/1.1 will use the chunked transfer-encoding,
+and HTTP/2 will continue normally as it is chunked by design.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">POST "/organizations/ninenines" with delayed body</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Body</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"{\"msg\": \"Hello world!\"}"</span>,
+<span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:post</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>, [
+ {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"content-length"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">integer_to_binary</span></span>(<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">length</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Body</span>))},
+ {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"content-type"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"application/json"</span>}
+]),
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:data</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">fin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Body</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The atom <code>fin</code> indicates this is the last chunk of data to
+be sent. You can call the <code>gun:data/4</code> function as many
+times as needed until you have sent the entire body. The
+last call must use <code>fin</code> and all the previous calls must
+use <code>nofin</code>. The last chunk may be empty.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>@todo what to do about empty chunk, ignore?</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">Streaming the request body</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">sendfile</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Filepath</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+ {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="color: #009900">IoDevice</span>} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">file:open</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Filepath</span>, [<span style="color: #FF6600">read</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">binary</span></span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">raw</span>]),
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">do_sendfile</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">IoDevice</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span>
+
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">do_sendfile</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">IoDevice</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">case</span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">file:read</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">IoDevice</span>, <span style="color: #993399">8000</span>) <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">of</span></span>
+ <span style="color: #FF6600">eof</span> <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:data</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">fin</span>, <span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;&gt;&gt;</span>),
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">file:close</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">IoDevice</span>);
+ {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Bin</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:data</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">nofin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Bin</span>),
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">do_sendfile</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">IoDevice</span>)
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect3">
+<h4 id="_delete">DELETE</h4>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Use <code>gun:delete/{2,3,4}</code> to delete a resource.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">DELETE "/organizations/ninenines"</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:delete</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">DELETE "/organizations/ninenines" with custom headers</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:delete</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>, [
+ {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"user-agent"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"revolver/1.0"</span>}
+])<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect3">
+<h4 id="_options">OPTIONS</h4>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Use <code>gun:options/{2,3}</code> to request information about a resource.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">OPTIONS "/organizations/ninenines"</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:options</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">OPTIONS "/organizations/ninenines" with custom headers</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:options</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>, [
+ {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"user-agent"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"revolver/1.0"</span>}
+])<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>You can also use this function to request information about
+the server itself.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">OPTIONS "*"</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:options</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"*"</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect3">
+<h4 id="_requests_with_an_arbitrary_method">Requests with an arbitrary method</h4>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>gun:request/{4,5,6}</code> 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.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">Example of a TRACE request</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:request</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"TRACE"</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/"</span>, [
+ {<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"max-forwards"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"30"</span>}
+])<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_processing_responses">Processing responses</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>All data received from the server is sent to the owner
+process as a message. First a <code>gun_response</code> message is sent,
+followed by zero or more <code>gun_data</code> messages. If something goes wrong,
+a <code>gun_error</code> message is sent instead.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The response message will inform you whether there will be
+data messages following. If it contains <code>fin</code> there will be
+no data messages. If it contains <code>nofin</code> then one or more data
+messages will follow.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>When using HTTP/2 this value is sent with the frame and simply
+passed on in the message. When using HTTP/1.1 however Gun must
+guess whether data will follow by looking at the response headers.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>You can receive messages directly, or you can use the <em>await</em>
+functions to let Gun receive them for you.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">Receiving a response using receive</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">print_body</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">MRef</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+ <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:get</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/"</span>),
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">receive</span></span>
+ {<span style="color: #FF6600">gun_response</span>, <span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">fin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Status</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Headers</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+ <span style="color: #FF6600">no_data</span>;
+ {<span style="color: #FF6600">gun_response</span>, <span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">nofin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Status</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Headers</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">receive_data</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">MRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>);
+ {<span style="color: #FF6600">'DOWN'</span>, <span style="color: #009900">MRef</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">process</span></span>, <span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Reason</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">error_logger:error_msg</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"Oops!"</span>),
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">exit</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Reason</span>)
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">after</span></span> <span style="color: #993399">1000</span> <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">exit</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF6600">timeout</span>)
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span>
+
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">receive_data</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">MRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">receive</span></span>
+ {<span style="color: #FF6600">gun_data</span>, <span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">nofin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Data</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">io:format</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"~s~n"</span>, [<span style="color: #009900">Data</span>]),
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">receive_data</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">MRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>);
+ {<span style="color: #FF6600">gun_data</span>, <span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">fin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Data</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">io:format</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"~s~n"</span>, [<span style="color: #009900">Data</span>]);
+ {<span style="color: #FF6600">'DOWN'</span>, <span style="color: #009900">MRef</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">process</span></span>, <span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Reason</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">error_logger:error_msg</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"Oops!"</span>),
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">exit</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Reason</span>)
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">after</span></span> <span style="color: #993399">1000</span> <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">exit</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF6600">timeout</span>)
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>While it may seem verbose, using messages like this has the
+advantage of never locking your process, allowing you to
+easily debug your code. It also allows you to start more than
+one connection and concurrently perform queries on all of them
+at the same time.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>You can also use Gun in a synchronous manner by using the <em>await</em>
+functions.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>gun:await/{2,3,4}</code> function will wait until it receives
+a response to, a pushed resource related to, or data from
+the given stream.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>When calling <code>gun:await/{2,3}</code> and not passing a monitor
+reference, one is automatically created for you for the
+duration of the call.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>gun:await_body/{2,3,4}</code> works similarly, but returns the
+body received. Both functions can be combined to receive the
+response and its body sequentially.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">Receiving a response using await</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:get</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/"</span>),
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">case</span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:await</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>) <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">of</span></span>
+ {<span style="color: #FF6600">response</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">fin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Status</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Headers</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+ <span style="color: #FF6600">no_data</span>;
+ {<span style="color: #FF6600">response</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">nofin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Status</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Headers</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+ {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Body</span>} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:await_body</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>),
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">io:format</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"~s~n"</span>, [<span style="color: #009900">Body</span>])
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_handling_streams_pushed_by_the_server">Handling streams pushed by the server</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The HTTP/2 protocol allows the server to push more than one
+resource for every request. It will start sending those
+extra resources before it starts sending the response itself,
+so Gun will send you <code>gun_push</code> messages before <code>gun_response</code>
+when that happens.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>You can safely choose to ignore <code>gun_push</code> messages, or
+you can handle them. If you do, you can either receive the
+messages directly or use <em>await</em> functions.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>gun_push</code> message contains both the new stream reference
+and the stream reference of the original request.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">Receiving a pushed response using receive</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">receive</span></span>
+ {<span style="color: #FF6600">gun_push</span>, <span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">OriginalStreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">PushedStreamRef</span>,
+ <span style="color: #009900">Method</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Host</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Path</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Headers</span>} <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+ <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">enjoy</span></span>()
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span><span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>If you use the <code>gun:await/{2,3,4}</code> function, however, Gun
+will use the original reference to identify the message but
+will return a tuple that doesn&#8217;t contain it.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">Receiving a pushed response using await</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>{<span style="color: #FF6600">push</span>, <span style="color: #009900">PushedStreamRef</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Method</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Host</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Path</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Headers</span>}
+ <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:await</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #009900">OriginalStreamRef</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>PushedStreamRef</code> variable can then be used with <code>gun:await_body/{2,3,4}</code>
+if needed.</p></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_flushing_unwanted_messages">Flushing unwanted messages</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Gun provides the function <code>gun:flush/1</code> to quickly get rid
+of unwanted messages sitting in the process mailbox. You
+can use it to get rid of all messages related to a connection,
+or just the messages related to a stream.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">Flush all messages from a Gun connection</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:flush</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">Flush all messages from a specific stream</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:flush</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_redirecting_responses_to_a_different_process">Redirecting responses to a different process</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Gun allows you to specify which process will handle responses
+to a request via the <code>reply_to</code> request option.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="title">GET "/organizations/ninenines" to a different process</div>
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">StreamRef</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">gun:get</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">ConnPid</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/organizations/ninenines"</span>, [],
+ #{<span style="color: #0000FF">reply_to</span> <span style="color: #990000">=&gt;</span> <span style="color: #009900">Pid</span>})<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+
+
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