HTTP library for Lua.

Features

It's recommended to install lua-http by using luarocks. This will automatically install run-time lua dependencies for you.

$ luarocks install http

cqueues >= 20161214 (Note: cqueues currently doesn't support Microsoft Windows operating systems)
luaossl >= 20161208
basexx >= 0.2.0
lpeg
lpeg_patterns >= 0.5
binaryheap >= 0.3
fifo

To use gzip compression you need one of:

To check cookies against a public suffix list:

If using lua < 5.3 you will need

If using lua 5.1 you will need

Clone the repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http.git
$ cd lua-http

Install dependencies

$ luarocks install --only-deps http-scm-0.rockspec

Lint the code (check for common programming errors)
```
$ luacheck .
```
Run tests and view coverage report (install tools first)
```
$ busted -c
$ luacov && less luacov.report.out
```
Install your local copy:
```
$ luarocks make http-scm-0.rockspec
```