[erlang-questions] Hang making https request

[Ferenc Holzhauser]

Rob,

You'd need to start ssl too for HTTPS.

Regards,
Ferenc

2009/3/17 Rob Charlton <rob.charlton@REDACTED>

> I have been using Erlang R11B for some time, but thought it was about
> time I moved up to R12B, so I pulled down the latest today and built it.
>
> Afterwards, I found that I could no longer make HTTPS requests:
>
> rob@REDACTED:~/work/erlang/svn/erlang/lcr$ erl
> Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.6.5 [source] [async-threads:0] [hipe]
> [kernel-poll:false]
>
> Eshell V5.6.5  (abort with ^G)
> 1> inets:start().
> ok
> 2> http:request("https://www.cia.gov/").
>
> The shell is now unresponsive and I have to do a CTRL C to get it back.
>
> I noticed that I had to now explicitly start inets (which used to start
> automatically) because an error message appeared when I did an http
> request without it started. What I didn't realise was that I also had to
> explicitly start the ssl application. I managed to work this out by
> using tracing on the http call. It won't catch me again, but will
> probably catch someone else. Would it be possible to make it do
> something more friendly than just hang?
>
> --
> Rob Charlton
> Savage Minds Ltd
>
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