zio.http.codec

A alternator is a type class responsible for combining invariant type parameters using an either. It is used to compose parameters of the zio.http.codec.HttpCodec data type.

A combiner is a type class responsible for combining invariant type parameters using a tuple. It is used to compose the parameters of the zio.http.codec.HttpCodec data type.

A Doc models documentation for an endpoint or input.

A zio.http.codec.HttpCodec represents a codec for a part of an HTTP request. HttpCodec the HTTP protocol, these parts may be the unconsumed portion of the HTTP path (a route codec), the query string parameters (a query codec), the request headers (a header codec), or the request body (a body codec).

A HttpCodec is a purely declarative description of an input, and therefore, it can be used to generate documentation, clients, and client libraries.

HttpCodecs are a bit like invertible multi-channel parsers.

A RichTextCodec is a more compositional version of TextCodec, which has similar power to traditional parser combinators / pretty printers. Although slower than the simpler text codecs, they can be utilized to parse structured information in HTTP headers, which in turn allows generating much better error messages and documentation than otherwise possible.

A simple codec is either equal to a given value, or unconstrained within a domain of values.

A zio.http.codec.TextCodec defines a codec for a text fragment. The text fragment can be decoded into a value, or the value can be encoded into a text fragment.

Unlike parsers, text codecs operate on entire fragments. They do not consume input and leave remainders. Also unlike parsers, text codecs do not fail with error messages, but rather, simply return None if they do not succeed in decoding from a given text fragment. Finally, unlike ordinary parsers, text codecs are fully invertible, and can therefore be used in client generation.