From f112cdf643c520bb6554a2d8efa882e8e904b984 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Cammack Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:21:54 -0600 Subject: Add a web server example Explore re-routing in middleware. --- examples/web_server/README.md | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) create mode 100644 examples/web_server/README.md (limited to 'examples/web_server/README.md') diff --git a/examples/web_server/README.md b/examples/web_server/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c123c98 --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/web_server/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Cowboy Static File Handler with Index Support +============================================= + +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. A middleware has been added that will re-route +the request to a different handler if the requested path is a directory. + +Example +------- + +Point your browser to http://localhost:8080 to see the contents of `priv/`. You +can click on a link to see that file. If HTML is not preferred, the contents of +a directory will be listed as a JSON array (e.g. with `curl +http://localhost:8080`). -- cgit v1.2.3