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<h1>nng_http_req_set_method(3http)</h1>
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<p>nng_http_req_set_method - set HTTP request method</p>
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<h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
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<pre class="pygments highlight"><code data-lang="c"><span class="tok-cp">#include</span> <span class="tok-cpf">&lt;nng/nng.h&gt;</span>
<span class="tok-cp">#include</span> <span class="tok-cpf">&lt;nng/supplemental/http/http.h&gt;</span>

<span class="tok-kt">int</span> <span class="tok-nf">nng_http_req_set_method</span><span class="tok-p">(</span><span class="tok-n">nng_http_req</span> <span class="tok-o">*</span><span class="tok-n">req</span><span class="tok-p">,</span> <span class="tok-k">const</span> <span class="tok-kt">char</span> <span class="tok-o">*</span><span class="tok-n">method</span><span class="tok-p">);</span></code></pre>
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<h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
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<p>The <code>nng_http_req_set_method()</code> sets the HTTP method associated with
the request <em>req</em> to <em>method</em>.  The <em>method</em> must be a string,
such as "GET" or "POST", and the HTTP specifications indicate that it must
be upper case.</p>
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<p>The default value method for newly allocated requests is "GET".</p>
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<p>A local copy of the <em>method</em> is made in the request <em>req</em>.</p>
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<p>This function returns 0 on success, and non-zero otherwise.</p>
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<code>NNG_ENOMEM</code>
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<p>Insufficient memory to perform the operation.</p>
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<code>NNG_ENOTSUP</code>
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<p>No support for HTTP in the library.</p>
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<h2 id="_see_also">SEE ALSO</h2>
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<p><a href="nng_http_req_alloc.3http.html">nng_http_req_alloc(3http)</a>,
<a href="nng_http_req_get_method.3http.html">nng_http_req_get_method(3http)</a>,
<a href="nng.7.html">nng(7)</a></p>
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