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REST hello world example
========================
To try this example, you need GNU `make`, `git` and
[relx](https://github.com/erlware/relx) in your PATH.
To build the example, run the following command:
``` bash
$ make
```
To start the release in the foreground:
``` bash
$ ./_rel/bin/hello_world_example console
```
Then point your browser at [http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080).
Example output
--------------
Request 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>
```
Request 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!"}
```
Request plain 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!
```
Request a non acceptable content-type:
``` 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
```
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