HTTP CLIENT SERVICE START/STOP An HTTP client can be configured to start when starting the Inets application or started dynamically in runtime by calling the Inets application API inets:start(httpc, ServiceConfig) or inets:start(httpc, ServiceConfig, How), see inets(3). The configuration options are as follows: {profile, profile()} Name of the profile, see DATA TYPES. This option is mandatory. {data_dir, path()} Directory where the profile can save persistent data. If omitted, all cookies are treated as session cookies. The client can be stopped using inets:stop(httpc, Pid) or inets:stop(httpc, Profile).

profile() = atom()

The HTTP client default profile is started when the Inets application is started and is then available to all processes on that Erlang node.