Read data from an HTTP connection and convert it according to
the supplied to(Format) option or based on the Content-type
in the Request. The following options are supported:
- to(Format)
- Convert data into Format. Values are:
stream(+WriteStream))
Append the content of the message to Stream- atom
Return the reply as an atom
- string
Return the reply as a string
- codes
Return the reply as a list of codes
- form_data(AsForm)
- input_encoding(+Encoding)
- on_filename(:CallBack)
- These options are implemented by the plugin
library(http/http_multipart_plugin) and apply to processing
multipart/form-data content.
- content_type(+Type)
- Overrule the content-type that is part of Request as a
work-around for wrongly configured servers.
Without plugins, this predicate handles
- 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
- Converts form-data into a list of
Name=Value terms.
- 'application/x-prolog'
- Converts data into a Prolog term.
- Arguments:
-
| Request | - is a parsed HTTP request as returned by
http_read_request/2 or available from the HTTP server's request
dispatcher. Request must contain a term input(In) that provides
the input stream from the HTTP server. |
