# packages-http

**Repository Path**: mirrors_sailfishos-mirror/packages-http

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: packages-http
- **Description**: https://github.com/SWI-Prolog/packages-http.git
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

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- **Created**: 2020-09-25
- **Last Updated**: 2025-10-05

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## README

# SWI-Prolog HTTP support library

This directory provides  the  SWI-Prolog   libraries  for  accessing and
providing HTTP services.

## Client library

The main client library is `library(http/http_open)`, which can open
both HTTP and HTTPS connections and handle all request methods.

## Server library

The main server libraries are

  - `library(http/thread_httpd)` implements the server
  - `library(http/http_dispatch)` implements binding locations
    predicates
  - `library(http/http_unix_daemon)` implements integration in various
    Unix server managers and in general provides a suitable entry point
    for HTTP servers on Unix.
  - `library(http/html_write)` implements generating HTML
  - `library(http/http_json)` implements reading and writing JSON documents.

For simplicity, you can use `library(http/http_server)`, which
combines the typical HTTP libraries that most servers need. The
idea of a common request handling system and three controlling
libraries is outdated; the threaded server now being the only sensible
controlling library.

# Requirements

This library uses functionality from the `ssl` package to support HTTPS,
the `sgml` package to read XML/HTML and   the `clib` package for various
extensions.