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<h1 id="using-http-message">Using HTTP Message<a class="headerlink" href="#using-http-message" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
<p>There are two types of HTTP messages, <a href="https://api.vapor.codes/http/latest/HTTP/Structs/HTTPRequest.html"><code>HTTPRequest</code></a> and <a href="https://api.vapor.codes/http/latest/HTTP/Structs/HTTPResponse.html"><code>HTTPResponse</code></a>. For the most part they are very similar, but there are a couple of differences. </p>
<h2 id="request">Request<a class="headerlink" href="#request" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>HTTP requests are sent by clients to a server and they should always receive exactly one HTTP response. HTTP requests contain two unique fields over a standard HTTP message:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://api.vapor.codes/http/latest/HTTP/Structs/HTTPRequest.html#/s:4HTTP11HTTPRequestV6methodXev"><code>method</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://api.vapor.codes/http/latest/HTTP/Structs/HTTPRequest.html#/s:4HTTP11HTTPRequestV3urlXev"><code>url</code></a></li>
</ul>
<p>The method and URL define what content on the server is being requested.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="c1">/// GET /hello</span>
<span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">httpReq</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">HTTPRequest</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">method</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">.</span><span class="n">GET</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">url</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&quot;/hello&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
<p>You can define these when initializing an HTTP request, or set them later if the request is mutable.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">var</span> <span class="nv">httpReq</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">HTTPRequest</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="p">...</span>
<span class="n">httpReq</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">method</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="p">.</span><span class="n">POST</span>
<span class="n">httpReq</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">url</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">URL</span><span class="p">(...)</span>
</pre></div>
<p>You can use Foundation's <code>URLComponents</code> to create <code>URL</code>s from their base components. HTTP request also has a property <a href="https://api.vapor.codes/http/latest/HTTP/Structs/HTTPRequest.html#/s:4HTTP11HTTPRequestV9urlStringSSv"><code>urlString</code></a> that you can use to set a custom URL <code>String</code> manually, without going through <code>URL</code>.</p>
<p>Here is what a serialized HTTP request looks like. This one is querying <code>/hello</code>.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">GET</span> <span class="nn">/hello</span> <span class="kr">HTTP</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="m">1.1</span>
<span class="na">Content-Length</span><span class="o">:</span> <span class="l">0</span>
</pre></div>
<h2 id="response">Response<a class="headerlink" href="#response" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>HTTP responses are generated by servers in response to an HTTP request. HTTP response only has one unique field over general HTTP messages:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://api.vapor.codes/http/latest/HTTP/Structs/HTTPResponse.html#/s:4HTTP12HTTPResponseV6statusXev"><code>status</code></a></li>
</ul>
<p>The HTTP status is used to inform the client of any errors. The status consists of a status code and a reason. The code is always a three digit number and the reason is a short string explaining the code. You can see all of the status codes on <a href="https://httpstatuses.com">httpstatuses.com</a>.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">httpRes</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">HTTPResponse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">status</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">.</span><span class="n">ok</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">body</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&quot;hello&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
<p>All of the commonly used HTTP statuses will have pre-defined values you can use, like <code>.ok</code> for <code>200 OK</code>. You can also define your own custom status codes.</p>
<p>You can define the status when initializing an HTTP response, or set it later if the response is mutable.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">var</span> <span class="nv">httpRes</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">HTTPResponse</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="p">...</span>
<span class="n">httpRes</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">status</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="p">.</span><span class="n">notFound</span>
</pre></div>
<p>Here is an example of a serialized HTTP response.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kr">HTTP</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="m">1.1</span> <span class="m">200</span> <span class="ne">OK</span>
<span class="na">Content-Length</span><span class="o">:</span> <span class="l">5</span>
<span class="na">Content-Type</span><span class="o">:</span> <span class="l">text/plain</span>
hello
</pre></div>
<h2 id="headers">Headers<a class="headerlink" href="#headers" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>Every HTTP message has a collection of headers. Headers contain metadata about the message and help to explain what is in the message's body. </p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="err">Content-Length: 5</span>
<span class="err">Content-Type: text/plain</span>
</pre></div>
<p>There must be at least a <code>"Content-Length"</code> or <code>"Transfer-Encoding"</code> header to define how long the message's body is. There is almost always a <code>"Content-Type"</code> header that explains what <em>type</em> of data the body contains. There are many other common headers such as <code>"Date"</code> which specifies when the message was created, and more.</p>
<p>You can access an HTTP message's headers using the <code>headers</code> property.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">var</span> <span class="nv">message</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">HTTPMessage</span> <span class="p">...</span>
<span class="n">message</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">headers</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">firstValue</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">for</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">.</span><span class="n">contentLength</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1">// 5</span>
</pre></div>
<p>If you are interacting with common HTTP headers, you can use the convenience HTTP names instead of a raw <code>String</code>.</p>
<h2 id="body">Body<a class="headerlink" href="#body" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>HTTP messages can have an <a href="https://api.vapor.codes/http/latest/HTTP/Structs/HTTPBody.html"><code>HTTPBody</code></a> containing arbitrary data. This data can be either static or streaming and can be in whatever format you want. Use the <a href="https://api.vapor.codes/http/latest/HTTP/Protocols/HTTPMessage.html#/s:4HTTP11HTTPMessagePAAE11contentTypeXev"><code>contentType</code></a> header to describe the type of data.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">var</span> <span class="nv">message</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">HTTPMessage</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="p">...</span>
<span class="n">message</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">body</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">HTTPBody</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">string</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&quot;Hello, world!&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">message</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">contentType</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="p">.</span><span class="n">plainText</span>
</pre></div>
<div class="admonition tip">
<p class="admonition-title">Tip</p>
<p>Setting the <code>body</code> property will automatically update the <code>"Content-Length"</code> or <code>"Transfer-Encoding"</code> headers if required.</p>
</div>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">var</span> <span class="nv">message</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">HTTPMessage</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="p">...</span>
<span class="n">message</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">body</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">HTTPBody</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">string</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="s">{&quot;</span><span class="n">message</span><span class="s">&quot;: &quot;</span><span class="n">Hello</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">world</span><span class="p">!</span><span class="s">&quot;}</span>
<span class="s">&quot;&quot;&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">message</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">contentType</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="p">.</span><span class="n">json</span>
</pre></div>
<h2 id="codable">Codable<a class="headerlink" href="#codable" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>Two protocols are defined for making it easy to use <code>Codable</code> with HTTP:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://api.vapor.codes/http/latest/HTTP/Protocols/HTTPMessageEncoder.html"><code>HTTPMessageEncoder</code></a></li>
<li><a href="https://api.vapor.codes/http/latest/HTTP/Protocols/HTTPMessageDecoder.html"><code>HTTPMessageDecoder</code></a></li>
</ul>
<p>These two coders allow you to encode and decode your custom <code>Codable</code> types into an HTTP body, setting the appropriate content type headers.</p>
<p>By default, HTTP provides conformance for <code>JSONEncoder</code> and <code>JSONDecoder</code>, but Vapor includes coders for many more types.</p>
<p>Here is an example of encoding a <code>Codable</code> struct to an HTTP response.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">struct</span> <span class="nc">Greeting</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Codable</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="kd">var</span> <span class="nv">message</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="nb">String</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="c1">// Create an instance of Greeting</span>
<span class="kd">let</span> <span class="nv">greeting</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">Greeting</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">message</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s">&quot;Hello, world!&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1">// Create a 200 OK response</span>
<span class="kd">var</span> <span class="nv">httpRes</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">HTTPResponse</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">status</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">.</span><span class="n">ok</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1">// Encode the greeting to the response</span>
<span class="k">try</span> <span class="n">JSONEncoder</span><span class="p">().</span><span class="n">encode</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">greeting</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">to</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">&amp;</span><span class="n">httpRes</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">on</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">...)</span>
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<p>Check out the <a href="https://api.vapor.codes/http/latest/HTTP/index.html">API docs</a> for more in-depth information about all of the methods.</p>
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