adrian
Hi,
I want to use an http client on the device, but I can’t figure out how to do it. It looks like :inets is not available when I connect to the device via ssh. Also I try to run Nerves.Utils.HTTPClient.start_link() but the module is not there, even though it’s on the nerves source code.
I’ve been looking in the documentation but I found nothing related to this. What am I missing?
Thanks!
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fhunleth
Nerves uses OTP releases when creating target images. This means that the Erlang runtime is trimmed down on the Raspberry Pi 3. To use
:inets, include in yourmix.exs’s:extra_applicationslist. You probably have:loggerand:runtime_toolsin that list already.The
nervesproject (the one that you found withNerves.Utils.HTTPClientis only tooling. None of the code actually runs on the Raspberry Pi 3. It can get to:inetssince it’s available from your laptop’s Erlang installation.adrian
Oh, I understand thanks!
This is very helpful, I haven’t found this on the documentation.
I’m enjoying more and more with nerves