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# httpd_socket

### MODULE

httpd_socket

### MODULE SUMMARY

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 Data over Socket using the specified SocketType. Socket and SocketType is to 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/2 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(3)