REST Hello World!

Cowboy Rest Hello World ======================= 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 ``` Then run any given command or point your browser to the indicated URL. Examples -------- ### Get 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 Variances: Accept REST Hello World!

REST Hello World as HTML!

``` ### Get 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 Variances: Accept {"rest": "Hello World!"} ``` ### Get 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 Variances: Accept REST Hello World as text! ``` ### Get a 406 ``` 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 ```