Module http 

The HTTP module contains types for representing HTTP requests and responses in Rust. These types are Candid-encodable and are used by canisters that implement the HTTP interface required by the HTTP Gateway Protocol.

Structs

HttpRequest

A Candid-encodable representation of an HTTP request. This struct is used by the http_request method of the HTTP Gateway Protocol’s Candid interface.

HttpRequestBuilder

An HTTP request builder.

HttpResponse

A Candid-encodable representation of an HTTP response. This struct is used by the http_request method of the HTTP Gateway Protocol’s Candid interface.

HttpResponseBuilder

An HTTP response builder.

HttpUpdateRequest

A Candid-encodable representation of an HTTP update request. This struct is used by the http_update_request method of the HTTP Gateway Protocol.

HttpUpdateResponse

A Candid-encodable representation of an HTTP update response. This struct is used by the http_update_request method of the HTTP Gateway Protocol.

Method

The Request Method (VERB)

StatusCode

An HTTP status code (status-code in RFC 9110 et al.).

Type Aliases

HeaderField

An HTTP header field, represented as a tuple of (name, value).