Erlang HTTP Client: inets or ibrowse or ...?

Question

I am working with Erlang and need to make efficient HTTP requests.

What is the current "standard" HTTP Client for Erlang/OTP?

Is it inets or ibrowse or something else entirely?

Any advice or pointers appreciated.

Answer 1

We're using lhttpc, which works well for our use cases, but we haven't done extensive benchmarks of the alternatives. The "standard" is, of course, the one that ships with OTP (httpc from inets).