Represent an HTTP request

An enum that represent all valid HTTP methods.

Config objects allow Requests that uses different URL representations than Strings and different error types than Http.Error.

The default config

Create a simple http request

Create a GET request.

Create a POST request.

Create a PUT request.

Create a DELETE request.

Create a PATCH request.

Create an OPTIONS request.

Create a HEAD request.

Represents the expected response in an Http request

Declares a request that expects a JSON response handled with the given decoder.

Declares a request that expects a binary response handled with the given decoder.

Declares a request that expects a simple string response.

Ignores the content of the received response.

Adds a list of headers to the request.

Request.get
    { url = "https://example.com"
    , expect = Request.expectJson Json.Decode.string
    }
    |> Request.withHeaders [ ( "Authorization", "Bearer " ++ token ) ]

Ignore specific default headers declared in the config.

Request.get
    { url = "https://example.com"
    , expect = Request.expectJson Json.Decode.string
    }
    |> Request.excludeDefaultHeaders [ "Authorization", "Cookie" ]

Ignore all default headers declared in the config.

Request.get
    { url = "https://example.com"
    , expect = Request.expectJson Json.Decode.string
    }
    |> Request.ignoreDefaultHeaders

Declares the request as risky (or not) according to the boolean argument.

Request.get
    { url = "https://example.com"
    , expect = Request.expectJson Json.Decode.string
    }
    |> Request.risky True

Convert a request to a command.

This function requires a config object. If you don not need one, use the simple config exported by this package.

Request.get
    { url = "https://example.com"
    , expect = Request.expectJson Json.Decode.string
    }
    |> Request.cmd Request.simple ResponseReceived

Convert a request to a task.

This function requires a config object. If you don not need one, use the simple config exported by this package.

Request.get
    { url = "https://example.com"
    , expect = Request.expectJson Json.Decode.string
    }
    |> Request.task Request.simple