[erlang-questions] Erlang HTTP client libraries- pros/cons

[Paul Oliver]

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 5:01 PM Max Lapshin <max.lapshin@REDACTED> wrote:

> I've looked into your katipo and I do not understand what for is it.
>

It's a way to use libcurl from Erlang. You can find more information about
libcurl here https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/.


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> You launch curl as a separate program and communicate with it from erlang.
> What for?
>

HTTP compatibility (curl) and safety (port program).


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> Erlang has excellent network communication system and you have selected
> most inefficient way to fetch http.
>

As mentioned in my earlier email, the httpc_benchmark ranks katipo fairly
well so any inefficiency of using an external port doesn't seem to be
taking too much of a toll. I've considered using some sort of NIF but
haven't found the need. Pull requests welcome though.


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> We in Flussonic use lhttpc and it works for us.  Some fixes like adding
> timing and internal protocol support and it works for us.
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