blob: 7072e5e67e39b2f5416d74c8ed8c1d209963b93e (
plain) (
tree)
|
|
Cowboy Rest Hello World
=======================
To compile this example you need rebar in your PATH.
Type the following command:
```
$ rebar get-deps compile
```
You can then start the Erlang node with the following command:
```
./start.sh
```
Then run any given command or point your browser to the indicated URL.
Examples
--------
### Get HTML
``` 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>
```
### Get JSON
``` 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!"}
```
### Get text
``` 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!
```
### Get a 406
``` bash
$ 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
```
|
