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# ex_http_link

An [Elixir] library than implements a parser and a writer for the HTTP Link header as specified in [RFC 5988 "Web Linking"](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988).

Why this when [ex_link_header] exists? This one uses awesome [NimbleParsec] parser combinators instead of messy regexps and [doesn't turn arbitrary strings into atoms](https://engineering.klarna.com/monitoring-erlang-atoms-c1d6a741328e).

[Elixir]: https://elixir-lang.org
[ex_link_header]: https://github.com/simonrand/ex_link_header
[NimbleParsec]: https://github.com/plataformatec/nimble_parsec

## Installation

Add ex_http_link to your project's dependencies in `mix.exs`:

```elixir
def deps do
  [
    {:ex_http_link, "~> 0.1.3"}
  ]
end
```

And fetch your project's dependencies:

```shell
$ mix deps.get
```

## Usage

```elixir
iex> ExHttpLink.parse ~S(<http://example.com>; rel="example"; rev=test, <yolo.swag>; whatEver="")
{:ok, [ { "http://example.com", {"rel", "example"}, {"rev", "test"} },
        { "yolo.swag", {"whatEver", ""} } ]}
```

## License

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.  
For more information, please refer to the `UNLICENSE` file or [unlicense.org](https://unlicense.org).