http

Ponylang package to build client and server applications for the HTTP protocol.

Status

This is the Pony HTTP/1 library from the standard library, formerly known as net/http. It contains both an HTTP client to issue HTTP requests against HTTP servers, and an HTTP server. It also contains a library for handling and parsing URLs.

It was removed from the stdlib with 0.24.0 as a result of RFC 55. See also the announcement blog post. The Pony Team decided to remove it from the stdlib as is did not meet their quality standards. Given the familiarity of most people with HTTP and thus the attention this library gets, it was considered wiser to remove it from the stdlib and give it a new home as a separate package, where it will not be subject to RFCs in order to rework its innarts.

Help us improve

It is considered established knowledge that this library needs a complete rework. If you would like to contribute turning this http library into the shape it should be in for representing the power of Ponylang, drop us a note on any of the issues marked as Help Wanted.

Installation

• Add http to your build dependencies using pony-stable:

stable add github ponylang/http

• Execute stable fetch to fetch your dependencies.
• Include this package by adding use "http" to your Pony sources.
• Execute stable env ponyc to compile your application