# SimpleHttp [](https://travis-ci.org/alexandrubagu/simplehttp) [](https://hex.pm/packages/simplehttp) [](https://hex.pm/packages/simplehttp) [](https://hex.pm/packages/simplehttp) [](https://coveralls.io/github/alexandrubagu/simplehttp?branch=master)
## Unlike other projects / libraries, SimpleHttp doesn't have other dependencies
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<th>SimpleHttp</th>
<th> <a href="https://github.com/myfreeweb/httpotion">myfreeweb/httpotion</a> </th>
<th> <a href="https://github.com/edgurgel/httpoison">edgurgel/httpoison</a> </th>
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<pre class="vicinity rich-diff-level-zero">
<code class="rich-diff-level-one">
$ mix app.tree
simplehttp
├── elixir
└── logger
└── elixir
</code>
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<pre class="vicinity rich-diff-level-zero">
<code class="rich-diff-level-one">
$ mix app.tree
httpotion
├── elixir
├── ssl
│ ├── crypto
│ └── public_key
│ ├── asn1
│ └── crypto
└── ibrowse
</code>
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<pre class="vicinity rich-diff-level-zero">
<code class="rich-diff-level-one">
$ mix app.tree
httpoison
├── elixir
└── hackney
├── crypto
├── asn1
├── public_key
│ ├── asn1
│ └── crypto
├── ssl
│ ├── crypto
│ └── public_key
├── idna
├── mimerl
├── certifi
├── ssl_verify_fun
│ └── ssl
└── metrics
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## Hex Installation
1. Add `simplehttp` to your list of dependencies in `mix.exs`:
```elixir
def deps do
[{:simplehttp, "~> 0.4.1"}]
end
```
2. Ensure `simplehttp` is started before your application:
```elixir
def application do
[applications: [:simplehttp]]
end
```
## Usage
*Note*:You can load HTTPotion into the Elixir REPL by executing this command from the root of your project:
```elixir
$ iex -S mix
```
*Note* **Before you start to make a request you need to start inet, this can be do calling this function:**
```elixir
SimpleHttp.start
```
Simple GET Request
```elixir
{:ok, response} = SimpleHttp.get "http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1"
IO.inspect response.status
~s"""
{'HTTP/1.1', 200, 'OK'}
"""
IO.inspect response.headers
~s"""
[{'cache-control', 'public, max-age=14400'}, {'connection', 'keep-alive'},
{'content-length', '292'}, {'content-type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8'},
{'expires', 'Wed, 31 Aug 2016 22:15:00 GMT'},
{'set-cookie',
'__cfduid=d42; expires=Thu, 31-Aug-17 18:15:00 GMT; path=/; domain=.typicode.com; HttpOnly'},
{'cf-ray', '2db27722e62f0479-FRA'}]
"""
IO.puts response.body
~s"""
{
"userId": 1,
"id": 1,
"title": "sunt aut facere repellat provident occaecati excepturi optio reprehenderit",
"body": "bla bla"
}
"""
```
GET Request with query params
```elixir
{:ok, response} = SimpleHttp.get "http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1", [
query_params: [
postId: 1
]
]
IO.inspect response.status
IO.inspect response.headers
IO.puts response.body
```
POST with JSON
```elixir
{:ok, response} = SimpleHttp.post "http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts", [
body: "{\"name\":\"foo.example.com\"}",
content_type: "application/json",
timeout: 1000,
connect_timeout: 1000
]
IO.inspect response.status
IO.inspect response.headers
IO.puts response.body
```
POST with params
```elixir
{:ok, response} = SimpleHttp.post "http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts", [
params: [
title: "title is present here",
message: "hello world!"
],
content_type: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
timeout: 1000,
connect_timeout: 1000
]
IO.inspect response.status
IO.inspect response.headers
IO.puts response.body
```
