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= REST hello world example
To try this example, you need GNU `make` and `git` in your PATH.
To build and run the example, use the following command:
[source,bash]
$ make run
Then point your browser to http://localhost:8080
== Example output
Request HTML:
[source,bash]
----
$ curl -i http://localhost:8080
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
connection: keep-alive
server: Cowboy
date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:15:52 GMT
content-length: 136
content-type: text/html
vary: Accept
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>REST Hello World!</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>REST Hello World as HTML!</p>
</body>
</html>
----
Request JSON:
[source,bash]
----
$ curl -i -H "Accept: application/json" http://localhost:8080
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
connection: keep-alive
server: Cowboy
date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:16:46 GMT
content-length: 24
content-type: application/json
vary: Accept
{"rest": "Hello World!"}
----
Request plain text:
[source,bash]
----
$ curl -i -H "Accept: text/plain" http://localhost:8080
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
connection: keep-alive
server: Cowboy
date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:18:35 GMT
content-length: 25
content-type: text/plain
vary: Accept
REST Hello World as text!
----
Request a non acceptable content-type:
[source,bash]
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$ curl -i -H "Accept: text/css" http://localhost:8080
HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable
connection: keep-alive
server: Cowboy
date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:18:51 GMT
content-length: 0
----