edgurgel/httpoison

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2290 stars · 348 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

HTTPoison is an HTTP client library for Elixir built on top of the Erlang hackney HTTP library. It provides a simple, idiomatic API for making HTTP requests with support for pattern matching on responses and errors.

Use cases

• make HTTP requests from Elixir
• call REST APIs in an Elixir application
• consume webhooks and third-party APIs
• fetch data over HTTP in a Phoenix app
• send POST requests with JSON bodies from Elixir

When to choose

• you are building an Elixir or Erlang application that needs an HTTP client
• you want a battle-tested, widely adopted Elixir HTTP client with a large dependant ecosystem
• you prefer explicit ok/error tuples and struct-based responses for pattern matching

When to avoid

• you need HTTP/2 or advanced features better served by alternatives like Finch or Req
• your project targets Erlang/OTP older than 27, which HTTPoison 3.x does not support
• you want a batteries-included client with built-in JSON decoding, retries, and middleware

Facets

library · maturity stable

http-client web-development apis backend elixir hackney http rest-client hex-package elixir beam

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