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<h1 class="lined-header"><span>cowboy_req:stream_body(3)</span></h1>

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<h2 id="_name">Name</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>cowboy_req:stream_body - Stream the response body</p></div>
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<h2 id="_description">Description</h2>
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<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
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<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">stream_body</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Data</span>, <span style="color: #009900">IsFin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">::</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:req</span></span>()) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>

<span style="color: #009900">Data</span>  <span style="color: #990000">::</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">iodata</span></span>()
<span style="color: #009900">IsFin</span> <span style="color: #990000">::</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">fin</span> | <span style="color: #FF6600">nofin</span></tt></pre></div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Stream the response body.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>This function may be called as many times as needed after
initiating a response using the
<a href="../cowboy_req.stream_reply">cowboy_req:stream_reply(3)</a>
function.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The second argument indicates if this call is the final
call. Use the <code>nofin</code> value until you know no more data
will be sent. The final call should use <code>fin</code> (possibly
with an empty data value).</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Note that not using <code>fin</code> for the final call is not an
error; Cowboy will take care of it when the request
handler terminates if needed. Depending on the resource
it may however be more efficient to do it as early as
possible.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>You do not need to handle HEAD requests specifically as
Cowboy will ensure no data is sent when you call this function.</p></div>
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<h2 id="_arguments">Arguments</h2>
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<div class="dlist"><dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">
Data
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The data to be sent.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
IsFin
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
A flag indicating whether this is the final piece of data
to be sent.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
Req
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The Req object.
</p>
</dd>
</dl></div>
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<h2 id="_return_value">Return value</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>The atom <code>ok</code> is always returned. It can be safely ignored.</p></div>
</div>
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<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_changelog">Changelog</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="ulist"><ul>
<li>
<p>
<strong>2.0</strong>: Function introduced. Replaces <code>chunk/2</code>.
</p>
</li>
</ul></div>
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<h2 id="_examples">Examples</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="title">Stream the response body</div>
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<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:stream_reply</span></span>(<span style="color: #993399">200</span>, #{
    <span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"content-type"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #990000">=&gt;</span> <span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"text/plain"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>
}, <span style="color: #009900">Req0</span>),
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:stream_body</span></span>(<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"Hello\n"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">nofin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>),
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">timer:sleep</span></span>(<span style="color: #993399">1000</span>),
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:stream_body</span></span>(<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"World!\n"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">fin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
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<h2 id="_see_also">See also</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p><a href="../cowboy_req">cowboy_req(3)</a>,
<a href="../cowboy_req.stream_reply">cowboy_req:stream_reply(3)</a></p></div>
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