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<h1 class="lined-header"><span>cowboy(3)</span></h1>

<h2 id="_name">Name</h2>
<p>cowboy - HTTP server</p>
<h2 id="_description">Description</h2>
<p>The module <code>cowboy</code> provides convenience functions for manipulating Ranch listeners.</p>
<h2 id="_exports">Exports</h2>
<ul><li><a href="../cowboy.start_clear">cowboy:start_clear(3)</a> - Listen for connections using plain TCP
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<li><a href="../cowboy.start_tls">cowboy:start_tls(3)</a> - Listen for connections using TLS
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<li><a href="../cowboy.set_env">cowboy:set_env(3)</a> - Update a listener&apos;s environment value
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<h2 id="_types">Types</h2>
<h3 id="_fields">fields()</h3>
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<pre><tt><b><font color="#000000">fields</font></b>() <font color="#990000">::</font> [<font color="#009900">Name</font>
           | {<font color="#009900">Name</font>, <font color="#009900">Constraints</font>}
           | {<font color="#009900">Name</font>, <font color="#009900">Constraints</font>, <font color="#009900">Default</font>}]

<font color="#009900">Name</font>        <font color="#990000">::</font> <b><font color="#000080">atom</font></b>()
<font color="#009900">Constraints</font> <font color="#990000">::</font> <font color="#009900">Constraint</font> | [<font color="#009900">Constraint</font>]
<font color="#009900">Constraint</font>  <font color="#990000">::</font> <b><font color="#000000">cowboy_constraints:constraint</font></b>()
<font color="#009900">Default</font>     <font color="#990000">::</font> <b><font color="#000000">any</font></b>()</tt></pre>
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<p>Fields description for match operations.</p>
<p>This type is used in <a href="../cowboy_router">cowboy_router(3)</a> for matching bindings and in the match functions found in <a href="../cowboy_req">cowboy_req(3)</a>.</p>
<h3 id="_http_headers">http_headers()</h3>
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<pre><tt><b><font color="#000000">http_headers</font></b>() <font color="#990000">::</font> #{<b><font color="#000080">binary</font></b>() <font color="#990000">=&gt;</font> <b><font color="#000000">iodata</font></b>()}</tt></pre>
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<p>HTTP headers.</p>
<h3 id="_http_status">http_status()</h3>
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<pre><tt><b><font color="#000000">http_status</font></b>() <font color="#990000">::</font> <b><font color="#000000">non_neg_integer</font></b>() | <b><font color="#000080">binary</font></b>()</tt></pre>
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<p>HTTP response status.</p>
<p>A binary status can be used to set a reason phrase. Note however that HTTP/2 only sends the status code and drops the reason phrase entirely.</p>
<h3 id="_http_version">http_version()</h3>
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<pre><tt><b><font color="#000000">http_version</font></b>() <font color="#990000">::</font> <font color="#FF6600">'HTTP/2'</font> | <font color="#FF6600">'HTTP/1.1'</font> | <font color="#FF6600">'HTTP/1.0'</font></tt></pre>
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<p>HTTP version.</p>
<p>Note that semantically, HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 are equivalent.</p>
<h3 id="_opts">opts()</h3>
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<pre><tt><b><font color="#000000">opts</font></b>() <font color="#990000">::</font> <b><font color="#000000">map</font></b>()</tt></pre>
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<p>Options for the HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2 and Websocket protocols.</p>
<p>The protocol options are in a map containing all the options for the different protocols that may be involved when connecting to the listener, including HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2.</p>
<p>The HTTP/1.1 options are documented in the <a href="../cowboy_http">cowboy_http(3)</a> manual and the HTTP/2 options in <a href="../cowboy_http2">cowboy_http2(3)</a>.</p>
<h2 id="_see_also">See also</h2>
<p><a href="..">cowboy(7)</a>, <a href="../ranch">ranch(3)</a></p>






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