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http_client(+Method, +Uri, +ObjectBody, +HttpParams, -RespError, -RespParam, -RespObjectBody)

Used to access HTML pages, given their URI (the method GET is applied)

Method: A string
Uri: A string
ObjectBody: A string
HttpParams: A list of terms as defined in the DCG grammar
RespError: Outputs a term error(ErrorCode, ErrorPhrase), where ErrorCode is he error code contained in the response and ErrorPhrase is the error phrase contained in the response
RespParam: Outputs a list of terms as defined in the DCG grammar
RespObjectBody: Outputs the object body of the response

Examples

    [eclipse 1]: use_module(http).
    http_grammar.pl compiled traceable 25048 bytes in 0.38 seconds
    http_client.pl compiled traceable 5916 bytes in 0.47 seconds
    http_server.pl compiled traceable 5304 bytes in 0.07 seconds
    http.pl    compiled traceable 0 bytes in 0.57 seconds

    yes.
    [eclipse 2]:  http_client("GET", "http://www.ecrc.de/staff/", "", [],
	    Status, Param, Resp).

    Status = error(200, "Document follows ")
    Param = [date, server, contentType(mt(text, html))]

    Resp = "<HTML>...</HTML>"

    yes.