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-rw-r--r--manual/cowboy_req.md12
-rw-r--r--src/cowboy_req.erl6
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/manual/cowboy_req.md b/manual/cowboy_req.md
index c7e2180..d7af41f 100644
--- a/manual/cowboy_req.md
+++ b/manual/cowboy_req.md
@@ -49,17 +49,25 @@ Request related exports
> Types:
> * Name = atom()
> * Default = any()
-> * Value = binary() | Default
+> * Value = any() | Default
>
> Return the value for the given binding.
+>
+> By default the value is a binary, however constraints may change
+> the type of this value (for example automatically converting
+> numbers to integer).
### bindings(Req) -> {[{Name, Value}], Req2}
> Types:
> * Name = atom()
-> * Value = binary()
+> * Value = any()
>
> Return all bindings.
+>
+> By default the value is a binary, however constraints may change
+> the type of this value (for example automatically converting
+> numbers to integer).
### cookie(Name, Req) -> cookie(Name, Req, undefined)
### cookie(Name, Req, Default) -> {Value, Req2}
diff --git a/src/cowboy_req.erl b/src/cowboy_req.erl
index 5d12304..d98e395 100644
--- a/src/cowboy_req.erl
+++ b/src/cowboy_req.erl
@@ -334,14 +334,14 @@ url(HostURL, Req=#http_req{path=Path, qs=QS}) ->
{<< HostURL/binary, Path/binary, QS2/binary >>, Req}.
%% @equiv binding(Name, Req, undefined)
--spec binding(atom(), Req) -> {binary() | undefined, Req} when Req::req().
+-spec binding(atom(), Req) -> {any() | undefined, Req} when Req::req().
binding(Name, Req) when is_atom(Name) ->
binding(Name, Req, undefined).
%% @doc Return the binding value for the given key obtained when matching
%% the host and path against the dispatch list, or a default if missing.
-spec binding(atom(), Req, Default)
- -> {binary() | Default, Req} when Req::req(), Default::any().
+ -> {any() | Default, Req} when Req::req(), Default::any().
binding(Name, Req, Default) when is_atom(Name) ->
case lists:keyfind(Name, 1, Req#http_req.bindings) of
{Name, Value} -> {Value, Req};
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ binding(Name, Req, Default) when is_atom(Name) ->
end.
%% @doc Return the full list of binding values.
--spec bindings(Req) -> {list({atom(), binary()}), Req} when Req::req().
+-spec bindings(Req) -> {[{atom(), any()}], Req} when Req::req().
bindings(Req) ->
{Req#http_req.bindings, Req}.