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<h1 class="lined-header"><span>cowboy(7)</span></h1>

<h2 id="_name">Name</h2>
<p>cowboy - Small, fast, modern HTTP server for Erlang/OTP</p>
<h2 id="_description">Description</h2>
<p>Cowboy is an HTTP server for Erlang/OTP with support for the HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2 and Websocket protocols.</p>
<p>Cowboy aims to provide a complete HTTP stack. This includes the implementation of the HTTP RFCs but also any directly related standards, like Websocket or Server-Sent Events.</p>
<h2 id="_modules">Modules</h2>
<p>Functions:</p>
<ul><li><a href="../cowboy">cowboy(3)</a> - Listener management
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<li><a href="../cowboy_req">cowboy_req(3)</a> - Request and response
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<li><a href="../cowboy_router">cowboy_router(3)</a> - Router
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<li><a href="../cowboy_constraints">cowboy_constraints(3)</a> - Constraints
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<p>Protocols:</p>
<ul><li><a href="../cowboy_http">cowboy_http(3)</a> - HTTP/1.1
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<li><a href="../cowboy_http2">cowboy_http2(3)</a> - HTTP/2
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<li><a href="../cowboy_websocket">cowboy_websocket(3)</a> - Websocket
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<p>Handlers:</p>
<ul><li><a href="../cowboy_static">cowboy_static(3)</a> - Static file handler
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<p>Behaviors:</p>
<ul><li><a href="../cowboy_handler">cowboy_handler(3)</a> - Plain HTTP handlers
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<li><a href="../cowboy_loop">cowboy_loop(3)</a> - Loop handlers
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<li><a href="../cowboy_middleware">cowboy_middleware(3)</a> - Middlewares
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<li><a href="../cowboy_rest">cowboy_rest(3)</a> - REST handlers
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<li><a href="../cowboy_stream">cowboy_stream(3)</a> - Stream handlers
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<li><a href="../cowboy_websocket">cowboy_websocket(3)</a> - Websocket handlers
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<p>Middlewares:</p>
<ul><li><a href="../cowboy_router">cowboy_router(3)</a> - Router middleware
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<li><a href="../cowboy_handler">cowboy_handler(3)</a> - Handler middleware
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<h2 id="_dependencies">Dependencies</h2>
<ul><li><a href="../ranch">ranch(7)</a> - Socket acceptor pool for TCP protocols
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<li><a href="../cowlib">cowlib(7)</a> - Support library for manipulating Web protocols
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<li>ssl - Secure communication over sockets
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<li>crypto - Crypto functions
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<p>All these applications must be started before the <code>cowboy</code> application. To start Cowboy and all dependencies at once:</p>
<div class="listingblock"><div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
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<pre><tt>{<font color="#FF6600">ok</font>, <font color="#990000">_</font>} <font color="#990000">=</font> <b><font color="#000000">application:ensure_all_started</font></b>(<font color="#FF6600">cowboy</font>)<font color="#990000">.</font></tt></pre>
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<h2 id="_environment">Environment</h2>
<p>The <code>cowboy</code> application does not define any application environment configuration parameters.</p>
<h2 id="_see_also">See also</h2>
<p><a href="../ranch">ranch(7)</a>, <a href="../cowlib">cowlib(7)</a></p>






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