= nng_http_req_set_method(3)
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            Copyright 2018 Capitar IT Group BV <info@capitar.com> \
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== NAME

nng_http_req_set_method - set HTTP request method

== SYNOPSIS

[source, c]
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#include <nng/nng.h>

int nng_http_req_set_method(nng_http_req *req, const char *method);
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== DESCRIPTION

The `nng_http_req_set_method()` sets the HTTP method associated with
the request _req_ to _method_.  The _method_ must be a string,
such as "GET" or "POST", and the HTTP specifications indicate that it must
be upper case.

The default value method for newly allocated requests is "GET".

A local copy of the _method_ is made in the request _req_.

== RETURN VALUES

This function returns 0 on success, and non-zero otherwise.

== ERRORS

`NNG_ENOMEM`:: Insufficient memory to perform the operation.
`NNG_ENOTSUP`:: No support for HTTP in the library.

== SEE ALSO

<<nng_http_req_alloc#,nng_http_req_alloc(3)>>,
<<nng_http_req_get_method#,nng_http_req_get_method(3)>>,
<<nng#,nng(7)>>


== COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2018 mailto:info@staysail.tech[Staysail Systems, Inc.] +
Copyright 2018 mailto:info@capitar.com[Capitar IT Group BV]

This document is supplied under the terms of the
https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT[MIT License].