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    <title>http_uri</title>
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    <docno></docno>
    <date></date>
    <rev></rev>
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  <module since="OTP R15B01">http_uri</module>
  <modulesummary>Old URI utility module, use uri_string instead</modulesummary>

  <description>
    <p>This module is deprecated since OTP 23.
    Use the module <seeerl marker="stdlib:uri_string">uri_string</seeerl> to properly handle URIs,
    this is the recommended module since OTP 21.
    </p>
  </description>
  
  <section>
    <title>DATA TYPES</title>
    <p>Type definitions that are used more than once in
      this module:</p>
    <p><c>boolean() = true | false</c></p>
    <p><c>string()</c> = list of ASCII characters</p>

  </section>
  
  <section>
    <title>URI DATA TYPES</title>
    <p>Type definitions that are related to URI:</p>
    
<taglist>
       <tag><c>uri() = string() | binary()</c></tag>
       <item><p>Syntax according to the URI definition in RFC 3986,
       for example, "http://www.erlang.org/"</p></item>
     </taglist>
   
     <p>For more information about URI, see
     <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt">RFC 3986</url>.</p>
  </section>
  
  <funcs>
    <func>
      <name since="OTP R15B01">decode(HexEncodedURI) -> URI</name>
      
      <fsummary>Decodes a hexadecimal encoded URI.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>HexEncodedURI = string() | binary() - A possibly hexadecimal encoded URI</v>
        <v>URI = uri()</v>
      </type>

      <desc>
        <p>Decodes a possibly hexadecimal encoded URI.</p>

      </desc>
    </func>
    <func>
      <name since="OTP R15B01">encode(URI) -> HexEncodedURI</name>
      
      <fsummary>Encodes a hexadecimal encoded URI.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>URI = uri()</v>
        <v>HexEncodedURI = string() | binary() - Hexadecimal encoded URI</v>
      </type>

      <desc>
        <p>Encodes a hexadecimal encoded URI.</p>

        <marker id="decode"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>
  </funcs>

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    <p><url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>, 
    <seeerl marker="inets">inets(3)</seeerl>,
      <seeerl marker="kernel:gen_tcp">gen_tcp(3)</seeerl>, 
      <seeerl marker="ssl:ssl">ssl(3)</seeerl>
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