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+<h1 class="lined-header"><span>Sending a response</span></h1>
+
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The response must be sent using the Req object.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Cowboy provides two different ways of sending responses:
+either directly or by streaming the body. Response headers
+and body may be set in advance. The response is sent as
+soon as one of the reply or stream reply function is
+called.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Cowboy also provides a simplified interface for sending
+files. It can also send only specific parts of a file.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>While only one response is allowed for every request,
+HTTP/2 introduced a mechanism that allows the server
+to push additional resources related to the response.
+This chapter also describes how this feature works in
+Cowboy.</p></div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_reply">Reply</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Cowboy provides three functions for sending the entire reply,
+depending on whether you need to set headers and body. In all
+cases, Cowboy will add any headers required by the protocol
+(for example the date header will always be sent).</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>When you need to set only the status code,
+use <code>cowboy_req:reply/2</code>:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:reply</span></span>(<span style="color: #993399">200</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req0</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>When you need to set response headers at the same time,
+use <code>cowboy_req:reply/3</code>:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:reply</span></span>(<span style="color: #993399">303</span>, #{
+ <span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"location"</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">"https://ninenines.eu"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>
+}, <span style="color: #009900">Req0</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Note that the header name must always be a lowercase
+binary.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>When you also need to set the response body,
+use <code>cowboy_req:reply/4</code>:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req: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: #FF0000">"Hello world!"</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req0</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>You should always set the content-type header when the
+response has a body. There is however no need to set
+the content-length header; Cowboy does it automatically.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The response body and the header values must be either
+a binary or an iolist. An iolist is a list containing
+binaries, characters, strings or other iolists. This
+allows you to build a response from different parts
+without having to do any concatenation:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Title</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"Hello world!"</span>,
+<span style="color: #009900">Body</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"Hats off!"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>,
+<span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req: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/html"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>
+}, [<span style="color: #FF0000">"&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;"</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Title</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;"</span>,
+ <span style="color: #FF0000">"&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;"</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Body</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;"</span>], <span style="color: #009900">Req0</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>This method of building responses is more efficient than
+concatenating. Behind the scenes, each element of the list
+is simply a pointer, and those pointers are used directly
+when writing to the socket.</p></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_stream_reply">Stream reply</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Cowboy provides two functions for initiating a response,
+and an additional function for streaming the response body.
+Cowboy will add any required headers to the response.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>When you need to set only the status code,
+use <code>cowboy_req:stream_reply/2</code>:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<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: #009900">Req0</span>),
+
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:stream_body</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"Hello..."</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">nofin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>),
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:stream_body</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"chunked..."</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">nofin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>),
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:stream_body</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"world!!"</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">fin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The second argument to <code>cowboy_req:stream_body/3</code> indicates
+whether this data terminates the body. Use <code>fin</code> for the
+final flag, and <code>nofin</code> otherwise.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>This snippet does not set a content-type header. This is
+not recommended. All responses with a body should have
+a content-type. The header can be set beforehand, or
+using the <code>cowboy_req:stream_reply/3</code>:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<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/html"</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: #FF0000">"&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;Hello world!&lt;/head&gt;"</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">nofin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>),
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:stream_body</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hats off!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;"</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">fin</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>HTTP provides a few different ways to stream response bodies.
+Cowboy will select the most appropriate one based on the HTTP
+version and the request and response headers.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>While not required by any means, it is recommended that you
+set the content-length header in the response if you know it
+in advance. This will ensure that the best response method
+is selected and help clients understand when the response
+is fully received.</p></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_preset_response_headers">Preset response headers</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Cowboy provides functions to set response headers without
+immediately sending them. They are stored in the Req object
+and sent as part of the response when a reply function is
+called.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>To set response headers:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:set_resp_header</span></span>(<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"allow"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"GET"</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req0</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Header names must be a lowercase binary.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Do not use this function for setting cookies. Refer to
+the <a href="../cookies">Cookies</a> chapter for more information.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>To check if a response header has already been set:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:has_resp_header</span></span>(<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"allow"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>It returns <code>true</code> if the header was set, <code>false</code> otherwise.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>To delete a response header that was set previously:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:delete_resp_header</span></span>(<span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"allow"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req0</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_overriding_headers">Overriding headers</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>As Cowboy provides different ways of setting response
+headers and body, clashes may occur, so it&#8217;s important
+to understand what happens when a header is set twice.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Headers come from five different origins:</p></div>
+<div class="ulist"><ul>
+<li>
+<p>
+Protocol-specific headers (for example HTTP/1.1&#8217;s connection header)
+</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>
+Other required headers (for example the date header)
+</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>
+Preset headers
+</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>
+Headers given to the reply function
+</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>
+Set-cookie headers
+</p>
+</li>
+</ul></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Cowboy does not allow overriding protocol-specific headers.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Set-cookie headers will always be appended at the end of
+the list of headers before sending the response.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Headers given to the reply function will always override
+preset headers and required headers. If a header is found
+in two or three of these, then the one in the reply function
+is picked and the others are dropped.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Similarly, preset headers will always override required
+headers.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>To illustrate, look at the following snippet. Cowboy by
+default sends the server header with the value "Cowboy".
+We can override it:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:reply</span></span>(<span style="color: #993399">200</span>, #{
+ <span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"server"</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">"yaws"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>
+}, <span style="color: #009900">Req0</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_preset_response_body">Preset response body</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Cowboy provides functions to set the response body without
+immediately sending it. It is stored in the Req object and
+sent when the reply function is called.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>To set the response body:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:set_resp_body</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"Hello world!"</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req0</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>To check if a response body has already been set:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:has_resp_body</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Req</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>It returns <code>true</code> if the body was set and is non-empty,
+<code>false</code> otherwise.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The preset response body is only sent if the reply function
+used is <code>cowboy_req:reply/2</code> or <code>cowboy_req:reply/3</code>.</p></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_sending_files">Sending files</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Cowboy provides a shortcut for sending files. When
+using <code>cowboy_req:reply/4</code>, or when presetting the
+response header, you can give a <code>sendfile</code> tuple to
+Cowboy:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt>{<span style="color: #FF6600">sendfile</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Offset</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Length</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Filename</span>}</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Depending on the values for <code>Offset</code> or <code>Length</code>, the
+entire file may be sent, or just a part of it.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The length is required even for sending the entire file.
+Cowboy sends it in the content-length header.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>To send a file while replying:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req: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: #FF0000">"image/png"</span>
+}, {<span style="color: #FF6600">sendfile</span>, <span style="color: #993399">0</span>, <span style="color: #993399">12345</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"path/to/logo.png"</span>}, <span style="color: #009900">Req0</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_informational_responses">Informational responses</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Cowboy allows you to send informational responses.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Informational responses are responses that have a status
+code between 100 and 199. Any number can be sent before
+the proper response. Sending an informational response
+does not change the behavior of the proper response, and
+clients are expected to ignore any informational response
+they do not understand.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The following snippet sends a 103 informational response
+with some headers that are expected to be in the final
+response.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:inform</span></span>(<span style="color: #993399">103</span>, #{
+ <span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"link"</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">"&lt;/style.css&gt;; rel=preload; as=style"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>,
+ <span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"link"</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">"&lt;/script.js&gt;; rel=preload; as=script"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>
+}, <span style="color: #009900">Req0</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="sect1">
+<h2 id="_push">Push</h2>
+<div class="sectionbody">
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The HTTP/2 protocol introduced the ability to push resources
+related to the one sent in the response. Cowboy provides two
+functions for that purpose: <code>cowboy_req:push/3,4</code>.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Push is only available for HTTP/2. Cowboy will automatically
+ignore push requests if the protocol doesn&#8217;t support it.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The push function must be called before any of the reply
+functions. Doing otherwise will result in a crash.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>To push a resource, you need to provide the same information
+as a client performing a request would. This includes the
+HTTP method, the URI and any necessary request headers.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Cowboy by default only requires you to give the path to
+the resource and the request headers. The rest of the URI
+is taken from the current request (excluding the query
+string, set to empty) and the method is GET by default.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The following snippet pushes a CSS file that is linked to
+in the response:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:push</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"/static/style.css"</span>, #{
+ <span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"accept"</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/css"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>
+}, <span style="color: #009900">Req0</span>),
+<span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req: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/html"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>
+}, [<span style="color: #FF0000">"&lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;My web page&lt;/title&gt;"</span>,
+ <span style="color: #FF0000">"&lt;link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='/static/style.css'&gt;"</span>,
+ <span style="color: #FF0000">"&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to Erlang!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;"</span>], <span style="color: #009900">Req0</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>To override the method, scheme, host, port or query string,
+simply pass in a fourth argument. The following snippet
+uses a different host name:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:push</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"/static/style.css"</span>, #{
+ <span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"accept"</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/css"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>
+}, #{<span style="color: #0000FF">host</span> <span style="color: #990000">=&gt;</span> <span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"cdn.example.org"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>}, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>),</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Pushed resources don&#8217;t have to be files. As long as the push
+request is cacheable, safe and does not include a body, the
+resource can be pushed.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Under the hood, Cowboy handles pushed requests the same as
+normal requests: a different process is created which will
+ultimately send a response to the client.</p></div>
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