# nng_http_client_connect(3http) Manual Page

## NAME

nng_http_client_connect - establish HTTP client connection

## SYNOPSIS

    #include <nng/nng.h>
    #include <nng/supplemental/http/http.h>

    void nng_http_client_connect(nng_http_client *client, nng_aio *aio);

## DESCRIPTION

The `nng_http_client_connect()` starts the process of establishing an HTTP connection from client to the server that was indicated in the URL that client was configured with.

The result of the operation will be stored in the aio when the operation is complete, and will be obtainable via `nng_aio_result()`.

On success, a pointer to the underlying HTTP client (type `nng_http_conn *`) will be stored in the first output result of the aio, and can be obtained by `nng_aio_get_output()` with an index of zero (0).

## RETURN VALUES

None.

## ERRORS

`NNG_EADDRINVAL` | The client is configured with an invalid address.
`NNG_ECANCELED` | The operation was aborted.
`NNG_ECONNREFUSED` | The TCP connection was refused by the server.
`NNG_ECONNRESET` | The TCP connection was reset by the server.
`NNG_ENOMEM` | Insufficient free memory exists.

## EXAMPLE

        nng_aio *aio;
        nng_url *url;
        nng_http_client *client;
        nng_http_conn *conn;
        int rv;

        // Error checks elided for clarity.
        nng_url_parse(&url, "http://www.google.com");
        nng_aio_alloc(&aio, NULL, NULL);
        nng_http_client_alloc(&client, url);

        nng_http_client_connect(client, aio);

        // Wait for connection to establish (or attempt to fail).
        nng_aio_wait(aio);

        if ((rv = nng_aio_result(aio)) != 0) {
                printf("Connection failed: %s\n", nng_strerror(rv));
        } else {
                // Connection established, get it.
                conn = nng_aio_get_output(aio, 0);

                // ... do something with it here

                // Close the connection when done to avoid leaking it.
                nng_http_conn_close(conn);
        }

## SEE ALSO

nng_aio_get_output(3), nng_aio_result(3), nng_aio_wait(3), nng_strerror(3), nng_http_client_alloc(3http), nng_http_conn_close(3http), nng_http_conn_read(3http), nng_http_conn_write(3http), nng(7)