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diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/http_client.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/http_client.xml
index 510c30eb35..ea8053cafa 100644
--- a/lib/inets/doc/src/http_client.xml
+++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/http_client.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2004</year><year>2009</year>
+ <year>2004</year><year>2010</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
<pre>
[{inets, [{services, [{httpc, PropertyList}]}]}]
</pre>
- <p>For valid properties see <seealso
- marker="http">http(3)</seealso></p>
+ <p>For valid properties see
+ <seealso marker="http">httpc(3)</seealso>. </p>
</section>
<section>
@@ -71,67 +71,66 @@
but not for requests to localhost. This will apply to all subsequent
requests</p>
<code type="erl">
- 2 > http:set_options([{proxy, {{"www-proxy.mycompany.com", 8000},
+ 2 > httpc:set_options([{proxy, {{"www-proxy.mycompany.com", 8000},
["localhost"]}}]).
ok
</code>
<p>An ordinary synchronous request. </p>
<code type="erl">
3 > {ok, {{Version, 200, ReasonPhrase}, Headers, Body}} =
- http:request(get, {"http://www.erlang.org", []}, [], []).
+ httpc:request(get, {"http://www.erlang.org", []}, [], []).
</code>
<p>With all default values, as above, a get request can also be written
like this.</p>
<code type="erl">
4 > {ok, {{Version, 200, ReasonPhrase}, Headers, Body}} =
- http:request("http://www.erlang.org").
+ httpc:request("http://www.erlang.org").
</code>
<p>An ordinary asynchronous request. The result will be sent
to the calling process on the form {http, {ReqestId, Result}}</p>
<code type="erl">
5 > {ok, RequestId} =
- http:request(get, {"http://www.erlang.org", []}, [], [{sync, false}]).
+ httpc:request(get, {"http://www.erlang.org", []}, [], [{sync, false}]).
</code>
<p>In this case the calling process is the shell, so we receive the
result.</p>
<code type="erl">
- 6 > receive {http, {RequestId, Result}} -> ok after 500 -> error end.
+ 6 > receive {http, {RequestId, Result}} -> ok after 500 -> error end.
ok
</code>
<p>Send a request with a specified connection header. </p>
<code type="erl">
7 > {ok, {{NewVersion, 200, NewReasonPhrase}, NewHeaders, NewBody}} =
- http:request(get, {"http://www.erlang.org", [{"connection", "close"}]},
+ httpc:request(get, {"http://www.erlang.org", [{"connection", "close"}]},
[], []).
</code>
<p>Start a HTTP client profile. </p>
<code><![CDATA[
- 8 > {ok, Pid} = inets:start(httpc, [{profile, foo}]).
+ 8 > {ok, Pid} = inets:start(httpc, [{profile, foo}]).
{ok, <0.45.0>}
]]></code>
<p>The new profile has no proxy settings so the connection will
be refused</p>
<code type="erl">
- 9 > http:request("http://www.erlang.org", foo).
- {error,econnrefused}
+ 9 > httpc:request("http://www.erlang.org", foo).
+ {error, econnrefused}
</code>
<p>Stop a HTTP client profile. </p>
<code type="erl">
- 10 > inets:stop(httpc, foo).
+ 10 > inets:stop(httpc, foo).
ok
</code>
<p>Alternatively:</p>
<code type="erl">
- 10 > inets:stop(httpc, Pid).
+ 10 > inets:stop(httpc, Pid).
ok
</code>
-
</section>
</chapter>