cowboy/examples/hello_world/README.md

Hello world example

To try this example, you need GNU make, git and relx in your PATH.

To build the example, run the following command:

$ make

To start the release in the foreground:

$ ./_rel/bin/hello_world_example console

Then point your browser at http://localhost:8080.

Example output

$ curl -i http://localhost:8080
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
connection: keep-alive
server: Cowboy
date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:10:25 GMT
content-length: 12
content-type: text/plain

Hello world!