shot is a small HTTP
client library for Erlang
Shot aims to provide a simple way for REST
calls
For examples will be used shot and test services for requests:
- http://ptsv2.com - for testing upload files
- http://httpbin.org - for testing
GET
,POST
,PUT
etc.
$ git clone https://github.com/vkatsuba/shot.git
$ cd shot
$ wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/rebar3/rebar3
$ chmod u+x ./rebar3
$ ./rebar3 shell
$ ./rebar3 dialyzer
# See result in _build/test/logs after tests pass
$ ./rebar3 do xref, ct
$ ./rebar3 clean
Add shot
to project: Rebar3
- Edit file rebar.config:
{deps, [
{shot, "1.1.0"},
]}.
% PUT without headers
shot:put("http://httpbin.org/put").
% PUT with headers
Data = #{
u => "https://httpbin.org/anything", % URL string, eg: "http://test.com"
h => #{"Authorization" => "Bearer dXNlcjpwYXNz"} % Headers
}.
shot:put(Data).
% GET without headers
shot:get("http://httpbin.org/get").
% GET with headers
Data = #{
u => "https://httpbin.org/bearer", % URL string, eg: "http://test.com"
h => #{"Authorization" => "Bearer dXNlcjpwYXNz"} % Headers
}.
shot:get(Data).
% POST without headers
shot:post("http://httpbin.org/post").
% POST with headers
Data = #{
u => "https://httpbin.org/anything", % URL string, eg: "http://test.com"
b => "{\"foo\":[\"bing\",2.3,true]}", % Body data
ct => "application/json", % Content-Type, eg: "text/html"
h => #{"Authorization" => "Basic dmthdHN1YmE6JDFxMnczZTQk"} % Headers
}.
shot:post(Data).
% DELETE without headers
shot:delete("http://httpbin.org/delete").
% DELETE with headers
Data = #{
u => "https://httpbin.org/anything", % URL string, eg: "http://test.com"
h => #{"Authorization" => "Bearer dXNlcjpwYXNz"} % Headers
}.
shot:delete(Data).
- Create file file test.dat with any data
- Go to the http://ptsv2.com
- Click to the button New Random Toilet
- Find on page field Post URL and copy Post URL
- Prepare and create request:
ReqMap = #{
m => post, % Method, can be POST, PUT atom only, eg: post, put
u => "http://ptsv2.com/ID/post", % URL string, eg: "http://test.com"
p => "/path/to/test.dat", % Full path to file, eg: "/path/to/file.dat"
o => [], % Options, eg: [{ssl,[[{ciphers,[{rsa,aes_128_cbc,sha}]}]]}]
cd => "test-data", % Content-Disposition, eg: "dat-model"
ct => "" % Content-Type, eg: "application/json"
}.
shot:multipart(ReqMap).
% Response
{ok,{{"HTTP/1.1",200,"OK"},
[{"date","Tue, 05 Mar 2019 20:38:51 GMT"},
{"server","Google Frontend"},
{"content-length","54"},
{"content-type","text/html; charset=utf-8"},
{"x-cloud-trace-context",
"801e26cb1bec64bbf24fd1e9259893e9"}],
"Thank you for this dump. I hope you have a lovely day!"}}
- Back to Toilet page, refresh page and see block Dumps