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| author | Loïc Hoguin <[email protected]> | 2018-04-04 13:13:37 +0200 |
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A number of bugs found in the 2.0 +release were also fixed.</p></div> +<div class="sect1"> +<h2 id="_features_added">Features added</h2> +<div class="sectionbody"> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +It is now possible to obtain the client TLS certificate + and the local IP/port for the connection from the Req object. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Informational responses (1XX responses) can now be sent. + They must be sent before initiating the final response. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +The <code>expect: 100-continue</code> header is now handled + automatically. The 100 response will be sent on the + first <code>cowboy_req:read_body/2,3,4</code> call. This only applies + when using the default <code>cowboy_stream_h</code> stream handler. +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +</div> +</div> +<div class="sect1"> +<h2 id="_experimental_features_added">Experimental features added</h2> +<div class="sectionbody"> +<div class="paragraph"><p>Experimental features are previews of features that will be +added in a future release. They are not documented and their +interface may change at any time. You are welcome to try them +and provide feedback.</p></div> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +The <code>cowboy_metrics_h</code> stream handler can be used to + extract metrics out of Cowboy. It must be used first in + the list of stream handlers, and will record all events + related to requests, responses and spawned processes. + When the stream terminates it will pass this information + to a user-defined callback. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +The <code>cowboy_tracer_h</code> stream handler can be used to setup + automatic tracing of specific requests. You can conditionally + enable tracing based on a function, header, path or any other + element from the request and the trace will apply to the + entire connection and any processes created by it. This is + meant to be used for debugging both in tests and production. +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +</div> +</div> +<div class="sect1"> +<h2 id="_changed_behaviors">Changed behaviors</h2> +<div class="sectionbody"> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +The <code>cowboy_rest</code> handler now implements a mechanism for + switching to a different type of handler from any callback + where <code>stop</code> is also allowed. Switch by returning + <code>{switch_handler, Module}</code> or <code>{switch_handler, Module, Opts}</code>. + This is especially useful for switching to <code>cowboy_loop</code> + for streaming the request or response body. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +REST callbacks that do not allow <code>stop</code> as a return value + are now explicitly listed in the documentation. +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +</div> +</div> +<div class="sect1"> +<h2 id="_new_functions">New functions</h2> +<div class="sectionbody"> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +The function <code>cowboy_req:sock/1</code> returns the IP/port + of the local socket. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +The function <code>cowboy_req:cert/1</code> returns the client + TLS certificate or <code>undefined</code> if it isn’t available. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +The function <code>cowboy_req:inform/2,3</code> sends an + informational response. +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +</div> +</div> +<div class="sect1"> +<h2 id="_bugs_fixed">Bugs fixed</h2> +<div class="sectionbody"> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +Ensure HTTP/2 connections are not closed prematurely + when the user code does not read the request body. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Ensure HTTP/1.1 streams are not terminated too early. + Their behavior is now consistent with the HTTP/2 code + where the stream handler is only terminated when the + <code>stop</code> command is returned. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Sending zero-sized data from stream handlers or from + <code>cowboy_req:stream_body/3</code> could lead to issues with + HTTP/1.1. This has been fixed. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +The final chunk sent by Cowboy when it terminates a + chunked body after the handler process exits was not + passed through stream handlers, which could lead to + issues when <code>cowboy_compress_h</code> was being used. This + is now corrected. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +The stream handler state was discarded in some cases + where Cowboy had to send a response or response data + automatically when ending a stream. This has now + been corrected. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +The stream handler callback <code>terminate/3</code> will now be + called when switching to another protocol using the + command <code>switch_protocol</code>. This doesn’t apply when + doing upgrades to HTTP/2 as those occur before the + stream is initialized. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Cowlib has been updated to 2.0.1 to fix an issue with + Websocket compression when using Erlang/OTP 20.1. Note + that at the time of writing all 20.1 versions (from + 20.1 to 20.1.4) have issues when compression is enabled. + It is expected to work properly from 20.1.5 onward. In + the meantime it is recommended to run the plain 20.1 + release and disable Websocket compression, or use a + release before 20.1. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Cowboy will no longer crash when the <code>cowboy_clock</code> + process is not running. This can happen when Cowboy + is being restarted during upgrades, for example. +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +</div> +</div> + + + + + + + + + + + <nav style="margin:1em 0"> + + <a style="float:left" href="https://ninenines.eu/docs/en/cowboy/2.3/guide/migrating_from_2.1/"> + Migrating from Cowboy 2.1 to 2.2 + </a> + + + + <a style="float:right" href="https://ninenines.eu/docs/en/cowboy/2.3/guide/migrating_from_1.0/"> + Migrating from Cowboy 1.0 to 2.0 + </a> + + </nav> + + + + +</div> + +<div class="span3 sidecol"> + + +<h3> + Cowboy + 2.3 + + User Guide +</h3> + +<ul> + + <li><a href="/docs/en/cowboy/2.3/guide">User Guide</a></li> + + + <li><a href="/docs/en/cowboy/2.3/manual">Function Reference</a></li> + + +</ul> + +<h4 id="docs-nav">Navigation</h4> + +<h4>Version select</h4> +<ul> + + + + <li><a href="/docs/en/cowboy/2.3/guide">2.3</a></li> + + <li><a href="/docs/en/cowboy/2.2/guide">2.2</a></li> + + <li><a href="/docs/en/cowboy/2.1/guide">2.1</a></li> + + <li><a href="/docs/en/cowboy/2.0/guide">2.0</a></li> + + <li><a href="/docs/en/cowboy/1.0/guide">1.0</a></li> + +</ul> + +</div> +</div> +</div> +</div> + + <footer> + <div class="container"> + <div class="row"> + <div class="span6"> + <p id="scroll-top"><a href="#">↑ Scroll to top</a></p> + <nav> + <ul> + <li><a href="mailto:[email protected]" title="Contact us">Contact us</a></li><li><a href="https://github.com/ninenines/ninenines.github.io" title="Github repository">Contribute to this site</a></li> + </ul> + </nav> + </div> + <div class="span6 credits"> + <p><img src="/img/footer_logo.png"></p> + <p>Copyright © Loïc Hoguin 2012-2016</p> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </footer> + + + <script src="/js/custom.js"></script> + </body> +</html> + + |