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Cowboy User Guide

Rationale

  • The modern Web
  • Erlang and the Web
  • Security model

Introduction

  • Introduction
  • Getting started
  • Flow diagram

Configuration

  • Listeners
  • Routing
  • Constraints

Handlers

  • Handlers
  • Loop handlers
  • Static files

Request and response

  • Request details
  • Reading the request body
  • Sending a response
  • Using cookies
  • Multipart

REST

  • REST principles
  • Handling REST requests
  • REST flowcharts
  • Designing a resource handler

Websocket

  • The Websocket protocol
  • Websocket handlers

Advanced

  • Streams
  • Middlewares
  • Performance
  • Security checklist

Additional information

  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.17 to 2.18
  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.16 to 2.17
  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.15 to 2.16
  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.14 to 2.15
  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.13 to 2.14
  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.12 to 2.13
  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.11 to 2.12
  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.10 to 2.11
  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.9 to 2.10
  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.8 to 2.9
  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.7 to 2.8
  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.6 to 2.7
  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.5 to 2.6
  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.4 to 2.5
  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.3 to 2.4
  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.2 to 2.3
  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.1 to 2.2
  • Migrating from Cowboy 2.0 to 2.1
  • Migrating from Cowboy 1.0 to 2.0
  • HTTP and other specifications

Cowboy 2.18 User Guide

  • User Guide
  • Function Reference

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