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-rw-r--r--doc/src/guide/routing.asciidoc26
-rw-r--r--doc/src/manual/cowboy_router.asciidoc5
-rw-r--r--src/cowboy_router.erl6
-rw-r--r--test/http2_SUITE.erl23
-rw-r--r--test/http_SUITE.erl23
5 files changed, 80 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/guide/routing.asciidoc b/doc/src/guide/routing.asciidoc
index e5f8c33..9e2ef25 100644
--- a/doc/src/guide/routing.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/src/guide/routing.asciidoc
@@ -210,13 +210,34 @@ Dispatch = cowboy_router:compile([
%% {HostMatch, list({PathMatch, Handler, InitialState})}
{'_', [{'_', my_handler, #{}}]}
]),
-%% Name, NbAcceptors, TransOpts, ProtoOpts
+%% Name, TransOpts, ProtoOpts
cowboy:start_clear(my_http_listener,
[{port, 8080}],
#{env => #{dispatch => Dispatch}}
).
----
+=== Using persistent_term
+
+The routes can be stored in `persistent_term` starting from
+Erlang/OTP 21.2. This may give a performance improvement when
+there are a large number of routes.
+
+To use this functionality you need to compile the routes,
+store them in `persistent_term` and then inform Cowboy:
+
+[source,erlang]
+----
+Dispatch = cowboy_router:compile([
+ {'_', [{'_', my_handler, #{}}]}
+]),
+persistent_term:put(my_app_dispatch, Dispatch),
+cowboy:start_clear(my_http_listener,
+ [{port, 8080}],
+ #{env => #{dispatch => {persistent_term, my_app_dispatch}}}
+).
+----
+
=== Live update
You can use the `cowboy:set_env/3` function for updating the dispatch
@@ -228,3 +249,6 @@ Dispatch = cowboy_router:compile(Routes),
cowboy:set_env(my_http_listener, dispatch, Dispatch).
Note that you need to compile the routes again before updating.
+
+When using `persistent_term` there is no need to call this function,
+you can simply put the new routes in the storage.
diff --git a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_router.asciidoc b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_router.asciidoc
index 61b8d57..d3c1306 100644
--- a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_router.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_router.asciidoc
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ The router takes the `dispatch` rules as input from the
middleware environment. Dispatch rules are generated by
calling the
link:man:cowboy_router:compile(3)[cowboy_router:compile(3)]
-function.
+function. The environment can contain the rules directly
+or a tuple `{persistent_term, Key}`, in which case Cowboy
+will call `persistent_term:get(Key)` to retrieve the
+dispatch rules.
When a route matches, the router sets the `handler` and
`handler_opts` middleware environment values containing
diff --git a/src/cowboy_router.erl b/src/cowboy_router.erl
index 44a7e18..0eb4bdd 100644
--- a/src/cowboy_router.erl
+++ b/src/cowboy_router.erl
@@ -160,7 +160,11 @@ compile_brackets_split(<< C, Rest/bits >>, Acc, N) ->
-spec execute(Req, Env)
-> {ok, Req, Env} | {stop, Req}
when Req::cowboy_req:req(), Env::cowboy_middleware:env().
-execute(Req=#{host := Host, path := Path}, Env=#{dispatch := Dispatch}) ->
+execute(Req=#{host := Host, path := Path}, Env=#{dispatch := Dispatch0}) ->
+ Dispatch = case Dispatch0 of
+ {persistent_term, Key} -> persistent_term:get(Key);
+ _ -> Dispatch0
+ end,
case match(Dispatch, Host, Path) of
{ok, Handler, HandlerOpts, Bindings, HostInfo, PathInfo} ->
{ok, Req#{
diff --git a/test/http2_SUITE.erl b/test/http2_SUITE.erl
index 3af837b..44fc5cc 100644
--- a/test/http2_SUITE.erl
+++ b/test/http2_SUITE.erl
@@ -196,6 +196,29 @@ max_frame_size_sent(Config) ->
cowboy:stop_listener(?FUNCTION_NAME)
end.
+persistent_term_router(Config) ->
+ doc("The router can retrieve the routes from persistent_term storage."),
+ case erlang:function_exported(persistent_term, get, 1) of
+ true -> do_persistent_term_router(Config);
+ false -> {skip, "This test uses the persistent_term functionality added in Erlang/OTP 21.2."}
+ end.
+
+do_persistent_term_router(Config) ->
+ persistent_term:put(?FUNCTION_NAME, init_dispatch(Config)),
+ {ok, _} = cowboy:start_clear(?FUNCTION_NAME, [{port, 0}], #{
+ env => #{dispatch => {persistent_term, ?FUNCTION_NAME}}
+ }),
+ Port = ranch:get_port(?FUNCTION_NAME),
+ try
+ ConnPid = gun_open([{type, tcp}, {protocol, http2}, {port, Port}|Config]),
+ {ok, http2} = gun:await_up(ConnPid),
+ StreamRef = gun:get(ConnPid, "/"),
+ {response, nofin, 200, _} = gun:await(ConnPid, StreamRef),
+ gun:close(ConnPid)
+ after
+ cowboy:stop_listener(?FUNCTION_NAME)
+ end.
+
preface_timeout_infinity(Config) ->
doc("Ensure infinity for preface_timeout is accepted."),
ProtoOpts = #{
diff --git a/test/http_SUITE.erl b/test/http_SUITE.erl
index 7f23da4..0b4edd9 100644
--- a/test/http_SUITE.erl
+++ b/test/http_SUITE.erl
@@ -250,6 +250,29 @@ idle_timeout_infinity(Config) ->
cowboy:stop_listener(?FUNCTION_NAME)
end.
+persistent_term_router(Config) ->
+ doc("The router can retrieve the routes from persistent_term storage."),
+ case erlang:function_exported(persistent_term, get, 1) of
+ true -> do_persistent_term_router(Config);
+ false -> {skip, "This test uses the persistent_term functionality added in Erlang/OTP 21.2."}
+ end.
+
+do_persistent_term_router(Config) ->
+ persistent_term:put(?FUNCTION_NAME, init_dispatch(Config)),
+ {ok, _} = cowboy:start_clear(?FUNCTION_NAME, [{port, 0}], #{
+ env => #{dispatch => {persistent_term, ?FUNCTION_NAME}}
+ }),
+ Port = ranch:get_port(?FUNCTION_NAME),
+ try
+ ConnPid = gun_open([{type, tcp}, {protocol, http}, {port, Port}|Config]),
+ {ok, http} = gun:await_up(ConnPid),
+ StreamRef = gun:get(ConnPid, "/"),
+ {response, nofin, 200, _} = gun:await(ConnPid, StreamRef),
+ gun:close(ConnPid)
+ after
+ cowboy:stop_listener(?FUNCTION_NAME)
+ end.
+
request_timeout_infinity(Config) ->
doc("Ensure the request_timeout option accepts the infinity value."),
{ok, _} = cowboy:start_clear(?FUNCTION_NAME, [{port, 0}], #{