linux man page for httpd_socket

httpd_socket(3erl)					     Erlang Module Definition						httpd_socket(3erl)

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 the Binary over the Socket using the specified SocketType . Socket and SocketType  should  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/3 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)

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