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@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ The HTTP protocol requires one last thing to continue: dispatching rules.
Don't worry about it right now though and continue reading, it'll all
be explained.
You can start and stop listeners by calling cowboy:start_listener and
cowboy:stop_listener respectively, as demonstrated in the following
You can start and stop listeners by calling `cowboy:start_listener/6` and
`cowboy:stop_listener/1` respectively, as demonstrated in the following
example.
``` erlang
@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ start(_Type, _Args) ->
).
stop(_State) ->
ok.
ok.
```
This is not enough though, you must also write the my_handler module
@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ to process the incoming HTTP requests. Of course Cowboy comes with
predefined handlers for specific tasks but most of the time you'll
want to write your own handlers for your application.
Following is an example of an "Hello World!" HTTP handler.
Following is an example of a "Hello World!" HTTP handler.
``` erlang
-module(my_handler).
@ -122,21 +122,21 @@ you define static options for the handler directly in the rules.
To match the hostname and path, Cowboy requires a list of tokens. For
example, to match the "dev-extend.eu" domain name, you must specify
[<<"dev-extend">>, <<"eu">>]. Or, to match the "/path/to/my/resource"
you must use [<<"path">>, <<"to">>, <<"my">>, <<"resource">>]. All the
`[<<"dev-extend">>, <<"eu">>]`. Or, to match the "/path/to/my/resource"
you must use `[<<"path">>, <<"to">>, <<"my">>, <<"resource">>]`. All the
tokens must be given as binary.
You can use the special token '_' (the atom underscore) to indicate that
You can use the special token `'_'` (the atom underscore) to indicate that
you accept anything in that position. For example if you have both
"dev-extend.eu" and "dev-extend.fr" domains, you can use the match spec
[<<"dev-extend">>, '_'] to match any top level extension.
`[<<"dev-extend">>, '_']` to match any top level extension.
Any other atom used as a token will bind the value to this atom when
matching. To follow on our hostnames example, [<<"dev-extend">>, ext]
would bind the values <<"eu">> and <<"fr">> to the ext atom, that you
matching. To follow on our hostnames example, `[<<"dev-extend">>, ext]`
would bind the values `<<"eu">>` and `<<"fr">>` to the ext atom, that you
can later retrieve in your handler by calling `cowboy_http_req:binding/{2,3}`.
You can also accept any match spec by using the atom '_' directly instead of
You can also accept any match spec by using the atom `'_'` directly instead of
a list of tokens. Our hello world example above uses this to forward all
requests to a single handler.
@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ init({tcp, http}, Req, Opts) ->
{upgrade, protocol, cowboy_http_websocket}.
handle(Req, State) ->
error(foo). %% Will never be called.
error(foo). %% Will never be called.
terminate(Req, State) ->
error(foo). %% Same for that one.
@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ websocket_handle({timeout, _Ref, Msg}, Req, State) ->
erlang:start_timer(1000, self(), <<"How' you doin'?">>),
{reply, Msg, Req, State};
websocket_handle({websocket, Msg}, Req, State) ->
{reply, <<"That's what she said! ", Msg/binary >>, Req, State}.
{reply, << "That's what she said! ", Msg/binary >>, Req, State}.
websocket_terminate(_Reason, _Req, _State) ->
ok.
@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ Anything you do past this point is up to you!
You should definitely look at the cowboy_http_protocol module for a great
example of fast requests handling if you need to. Otherwise it's probably
safe to use {active, once} mode and handle everything as it comes.
safe to use `{active, once}` mode and handle everything as it comes.
Note that while you technically can run a protocol handler directly as a
gen_server or a gen_fsm, it's probably not a good idea, as the only call