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

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<h2 id="_name">Name</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>cowboy_req:binding - Access a value bound from the route</p></div>
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<h2 id="_description">Description</h2>
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<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">binding</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Name</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>)          <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">binding</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Name</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>, <span style="color: #000080">undefined</span>)
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">binding</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Name</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Default</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">any</span></span>() | <span style="color: #009900">Default</span>

<span style="color: #009900">Name</span>    <span style="color: #990000">::</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">atom</span></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: #009900">Default</span> <span style="color: #990000">::</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">any</span></span>()</tt></pre></div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Return the value for the given binding.</p></div>
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<h2 id="_arguments">Arguments</h2>
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<div class="dlist"><dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">
Name
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Desired binding name as an atom.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
Req
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The Req object.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
Default
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Default value returned when the binding is missing.
</p>
</dd>
</dl></div>
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<h2 id="_return_value">Return value</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>By default the value is a case sensitive binary string, however
constraints may change the type of this value (for example
automatically converting numbers to integer).</p></div>
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<h2 id="_changelog">Changelog</h2>
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<div class="ulist"><ul>
<li>
<p>
<strong>2.0</strong>: Only the value is returned, it is no longer wrapped in a tuple.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>1.0</strong>: Function introduced.
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<h2 id="_examples">Examples</h2>
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<div class="title">Get the username from the path</div>
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<pre><tt><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900">%% Route is "/users/:user"</span></span>
<span style="color: #009900">Username</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:binding</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF6600">user</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
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<div class="title">Get the branch name, with a default</div>
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<pre><tt><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900">%% Route is "/log[/:branch]"</span></span>
<span style="color: #009900">Branch</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:binding</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF6600">branch</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>, <span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"master"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</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.bindings">cowboy_req:bindings(3)</a>,
<a href="../cowboy_req.host_info">cowboy_req:host_info(3)</a>,
<a href="../cowboy_req.path_info">cowboy_req:path_info(3)</a>,
<a href="../cowboy_router">cowboy_router(3)</a></p></div>
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