[Caml-list] REST APIs

[Caml-list] REST APIs

[Sébastien Hinderer]

Dear all,

Is there a recommended OCaml library that can be used for interacting
with REST APIs?

It should work over http as well as https.

Thanks,

Sébastien.

Re: [Caml-list] REST APIs

[Francois BERENGER]

On 04/04/2017 03:22 AM, Sébastien Hinderer wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Is there a recommended OCaml library that can be used for interacting
> with REST APIs?

opam mentions ocaml-webmachine:

https://github.com/inhabitedtype/ocaml-webmachine

I'm unsure if it's OK for https however.

> It should work over http as well as https.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sébastien.
>

Re: [Caml-list] REST APIs

[Hezekiah M. Carty]

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On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 2:22 AM Sébastien Hinderer <
Sebastien.Hinderer@inria.fr> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Is there a recommended OCaml library that can be used for interacting
> with REST APIs?
>
> It should work over http as well as https.
>
>
If you're asking for client access then there are a few options.  One is to
the the ocurl bindings to libcurl:

http://opam.ocaml.org/packages/ocurl/

ocurl is very flexible and requires some extra steps in your code to form
the exact request desired.  In return you get a lot of flexibility in how
all aspects of the request are handled.  You can use it from standard
sequential OCaml, with OCaml's own threads or cooperatively with Lwt.

Another option is to use one of the cohttp client modules:

http://opam.ocaml.org/packages/cohttp/

cohttp currently works with Lwt, Async, mirage or compiled to javascript.
It's quite straightforward to use, though the documentation can take some
effort to dig through.  cohttp also has the benefit of being pure OCaml,
including HTTPS support if you compile with ocaml-tls.

I hope this helps you get started,

Hez

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Re: [Caml-list] REST APIs

[John McAlpine]

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I'm making a PPX Deriving plugin for this exact purpose! It's called
ppx_netblob and I have a blog post outlining its use here:
https://medium.com/@cb04cf16ac8a/a48f970c9af8 (sending from my phone, so I
can't explain much more about it). I'd love to work with you to help
improve it, since at the moment it's pretty much just suited for a couple
of my personal projects.

It can use both http and https as long as your cohttp installation can use
them both

On Apr 4, 2017 02:23, "Sébastien Hinderer" <Sebastien.Hinderer@inria.fr>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Is there a recommended OCaml library that can be used for interacting
> with REST APIs?
>
> It should work over http as well as https.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sébastien.
>
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