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+= Cowboy examples
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+* link:chunked_hello_world[]:
+  demonstrate chunked data transfer with two one-second delays
+
+* link:compress_response[]:
+  send a response body compressed if the client supports it
+
+* link:cookie[]:
+  set cookies from server and client side
+
+* link:echo_get[]:
+  parse and echo a GET query string
+
+* link:echo_post[]:
+  parse and echo a POST parameter
+
+* link:error_hook[]:
+  provide custom error pages
+
+* link:eventsource[]:
+  eventsource emitter and consumer
+
+* link:hello_world[]:
+  simplest example application
+
+* link:markdown_middleware[]:
+  static file handler with markdown preprocessor
+
+* link:rest_basic_auth[]:
+  basic HTTP authorization with REST
+
+* link:rest_hello_world[]:
+  return the data type that matches the request type (ex: html, text, json)
+
+* link:rest_pastebin[]:
+  create text objects and return the data type that matches the request type (html, text)
+
+* link:rest_stream_response[]:
+  stream results from a data store
+
+* link:ssl_hello_world[]:
+  simplest SSL application
+
+* link:static_world[]:
+  static file handler
+
+* link:upload[]:
+  multipart/form-data upload
+
+* link:web_server[]:
+  serve files with lists directory entries
+
+* link:websocket[]:
+  websocket example
+
+== Other languages
+
+* https://github.com/joshrotenberg/elixir_cowboy_examples[Elixir]
+* https://github.com/quasiquoting/lfe-cowboy-examples[LFE]