From f96e20aef7cce6d47535ab63c36452f6c9e1c444 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Lo=C3=AFc=20Hoguin?= Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:13:31 +0100 Subject: Rename example 'static' to 'static_world' to avoid confusion --- examples/static_world/README.md | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+) create mode 100644 examples/static_world/README.md (limited to 'examples/static_world/README.md') diff --git a/examples/static_world/README.md b/examples/static_world/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e947ebb --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/static_world/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +Cowboy Static File Handler +========================== + +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 +``` + +Cowboy will serve all the files you put in the priv/ directory. +You can replace the filename given in the example URL with the +one of a file you added to this directory to receive that file. + +Example +------- + +Show that the file is returned as an octet-stream + +``` bash +$ curl -i http://localhost:8080/test.txt +HTTP/1.1 200 OK +connection: keep-alive +server: Cowboy +date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:19:40 GMT +content-length: 52 +Content-Type: application/octet-stream +Last-Modified: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:01:20 GMT + +If you read this then the static file server works! +``` + +Finally download and cat the file to verify + +``` bash +$ curl -sLO http://localhost:8080/test.txt +$ cat test.txt +If you read this then the static file server works! +``` + +HTML5 Video Example +------------------- + +Open http://localhost:8080/video.html in your favorite browser. -- cgit v1.2.3