sslhttpserlangerlang-otpinets

How do I do an HTTPS request with Erlang?


I tried the inets library but it times out. I don't think it supports HTTPS. I am trying to use ibrowse, but it isn't working.


Solution

  • This works fine for me:

    1> application:start(inets).
    ok
    2> application:start(ssl).  
    ok
    3> http:request(head, {"https://example.com", []}, [{ssl,[{verify,0}]}], []).
    {ok,{{"HTTP/1.1",200,"OK"},
         [{"cache-control","max-age=0, proxy-revalidate"},
          {"date","Sun, 23 May 2010 00:38:33 GMT"},
          {"server","BAIDA/1.0.0"},
          {"content-type","text/html; charset=windows-1251"},
          {"expires","Sun, 23 May 2010 00:38:33 GMT"},
          {"set-cookie",
           "uid=9041986921274575113; domain=.example.com; path=/; expires=Tue, 19 Jan 2038 03:14:07 GMT"}],
         []}}
    

    http:request("https://example.com") would also work though, you just have to load appropriate applications before any request.