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1 # HPAX 2 3 ![CI](https://github.com/elixir-mint/hpax/actions/workflows/main.yml/badge.svg) 4 [![Docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/api-docs-green.svg?style=flat)](https://hexdocs.pm/hpax) 5 [![Hex.pm Version](http://img.shields.io/hexpm/v/hpax.svg?style=flat)](https://hex.pm/packages/hpax) 6 [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/elixir-mint/hpax/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://coveralls.io/github/elixir-mint/hpax?branch=main) 7 8 HPAX is an Elixir implementation of the HPACK header compression algorithm as used in HTTP/2 and 9 defined in RFC 7541. HPAX is used by several Elixir projects, including the 10 [Mint](https://github.com/elixir-mint/mint) HTTP client and 11 [bandit](https://github.com/mtrudel/bandit) HTTP server projects. 12 13 ## Installation 14 15 To install HPAX, add it to your `mix.exs` file. 16 17 ```elixir 18 defp deps do 19 [ 20 {:hpax, "~> 0.1.0"} 21 ] 22 end 23 ``` 24 25 Then, run `$ mix deps.get`. 26 27 ## Usage 28 29 HPAX is designed to be used in both encoding and decoding scenarios. In both cases, a context is 30 used to maintain state internal to the HPACK algorithm. In the common use case of using HPAX 31 within HTTP/2, this context is called a **table** and must be shared between any 32 subsequent encoding/decoding calls within 33 an endpoint. Note that the contexts used for encoding and decoding within HTTP/2 are completely 34 distinct from one another, even though they are structurally identical. 35 36 To encode a set of headers into a binary with HPAX: 37 38 ```elixir 39 context = HPAX.new(4096) 40 headers = [{:store, ":status", "201"}, {:store, "location", "http://example.com"}] 41 {encoded_headers, context} = HPAX.encode(headers, context) 42 #=> {iodata, updated_context} 43 ``` 44 45 To decode a binary into a set of headers with HPAX: 46 47 ```elixir 48 context = HPAX.new(4096) 49 encoded_headers = <<...>> 50 {:ok, headers, context} = HPAX.decode(encoded_headers, context) 51 #=> {:ok, [{:store, ":status", "201"}, {:store, "location", "http://example.com"}], updated_context} 52 ``` 53 54 For complete usage information, please see the HPAX [documentation](https://hex.pm/packages/hpax). 55 56 ## Contributing 57 58 If you wish to contribute check out the [issue list](https://github.com/elixir-mint/hpax/issues) and let us know what you want to work on so we can discuss it and reduce duplicate work. 59 60 ## License 61 62 Copyright 2021 Eric Meadows-Jönsson and Andrea Leopardi 63 64 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 65 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 66 You may obtain a copy of the License at 67 68 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 69 70 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 71 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 72 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 73 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 74 limitations under the License.