bionic (3) httpd_socket.3erl.gz

NAME

       httpd_socket - Communication utility functions to be used by the Erlang
           web server API programmer.

DESCRIPTION

       This  module  provides  the  Erlang  web  server API module programmer with utility functions for generic
       sockets communication. The appropriate communication mechanism is transparently used, that is, ip_comm or
       ssl.

EXPORTS

       deliver(SocketType, Socket, Data) -> Result

              Types:

                 SocketType = socket_type()
                 Socket = socket()
                 Data = io_list() | binary()
                 Result = socket_closed | void()

              deliver/3  sends  Data  over Socket using the specified SocketType. Socket and SocketType is to be
              the socket and the socket_type form the mod record as defined in httpd.hrl

       peername(SocketType,Socket) -> {Port,IPAddress}

              Types:

                 SocketType = socket_type()
                 Socket = socket()
                 Port = integer()
                 IPAddress = string()

              peername/2 returns the Port and IPAddress of the remote Socket.

       resolve() -> HostName

              Types:

                 HostName = string()

              resolve/0 returns the official HostName of the current host.

SEE ALSO

       httpd(3erl)