At first I got the same error but when I installed HTTP-4000.0.5 using Cabal your code worked. hth, deech On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Adam Keys wrote:

I'm trying to write a wrapper for a REST service. However, I find myself stumped by the simplest part: merely performing a GET on a URI.

I'm using the HTTP Cabal package. It specifies an example like so:

simpleHTTP (getRequest "http://www.haskell.org/") >>= fmap (take 100) .

...

getResponseBody

However, it seems I'm either importing the library incorrectly or there is a discrepancy between the documentation and the library. I can't seem to call getRequest.

:) ghc-pkg list

...

... /Users/adamkeys/.ghc/i386-darwin-6.8.2/package.conf: Cabal-1.6.0.1, HTTP-3001.1.3, HTTP-4000.0.4, Shellac-0.9.5, ...

GHCi, version 6.8.2: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Loading package base ... linking ... done. Prelude> import Network.HTTP Prelude Network.HTTP> :type getRequest

<interactive>:1:0: Not in scope: `getRequest'

Am I missing something obvious here?

-- ~akk

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