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diff --git a/docs/en/cowboy/2.3/guide/static_files/index.html b/docs/en/cowboy/2.3/guide/static_files/index.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..04110d37 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/en/cowboy/2.3/guide/static_files/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,334 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> + +<head> + <meta charset="utf-8"> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> + <meta name="description" content=""> + <meta name="author" content="Loïc Hoguin based on a design from (Soft10) Pol Cámara"> + + <meta name="generator" content="Hugo 0.37.1" /> + + <title>Nine Nines: Static files</title> + + <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400,700,400italic' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> + <link href="/css/99s.css?r=1" rel="stylesheet"> + + <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/img/ico/favicon.ico"> + <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="114x114" href="/img/ico/apple-touch-icon-114.png"> + <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="72x72" href="/img/ico/apple-touch-icon-72.png"> + <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/img/ico/apple-touch-icon-57.png"> + + +</head> + + +<body class=""> + <header id="page-head"> + <div id="topbar" class="container"> + <div class="row"> + <div class="span2"> + <h1 id="logo"><a href="/" title="99s">99s</a></h1> + </div> + <div class="span10"> + + <div id="side-header"> + <nav> + <ul> + <li><a title="Hear my thoughts" href="/articles">Articles</a></li> + <li><a title="Watch my talks" href="/talks">Talks</a></li> + <li class="active"><a title="Read the docs" href="/docs">Documentation</a></li> + <li><a title="Request my services" href="/services">Consulting & Training</a></li> + </ul> + </nav> + <ul id="social"> + <li> + <a href="https://github.com/ninenines" title="Check my Github repositories"><img src="/img/ico_github.png" data-hover="/img/ico_github_alt.png" alt="Github"></a> + </li> + <li> + <a title="Keep in touch!" href="http://twitter.com/lhoguin"><img src="/img/ico_microblog.png" data-hover="/img/ico_microblog_alt.png"></a> + </li> + <li> + <a title="Contact me" href="mailto:[email protected]"><img src="/img/ico_mail.png" data-hover="/img/ico_mail_alt.png"></a> + </li> + </ul> + </div> + </div> + </div> + </div> + + +</header> + +<div id="contents" class="two_col"> +<div class="container"> +<div class="row"> +<div id="docs" class="span9 maincol"> + +<h1 class="lined-header"><span>Static files</span></h1> + +<div class="paragraph"><p>Cowboy comes with a ready to use handler for serving static +files. It is provided as a convenience for serving files +during development.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>For systems in production, consider using one of the many +Content Distribution Network (CDN) available on the market, +as they are the best solution for serving files.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>The static handler can serve either one file or all files +from a given directory. The etag generation and mime types +can be configured.</p></div> +<div class="sect1"> +<h2 id="_serve_one_file">Serve one file</h2> +<div class="sectionbody"> +<div class="paragraph"><p>You can use the static handler to serve one specific file +from an application’s private directory. This is particularly +useful to serve an <em>index.html</em> file when the client requests +the <code>/</code> path, for example. The path configured is relative +to the given application’s private directory.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>The following rule will serve the file <em>static/index.html</em> +from the application <code>my_app</code>'s priv directory whenever the +path <code>/</code> is accessed:</p></div> +<div class="listingblock"> +<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight +by Lorenzo Bettini +http://www.lorenzobettini.it +http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> +<pre><tt>{<span style="color: #FF0000">"/"</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">cowboy_static</span>, {<span style="color: #FF6600">priv_file</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">my_app</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"static/index.html"</span>}}</tt></pre></div></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>You can also specify the absolute path to a file, or the +path to the file relative to the current directory:</p></div> +<div class="listingblock"> +<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight +by Lorenzo Bettini +http://www.lorenzobettini.it +http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> +<pre><tt>{<span style="color: #FF0000">"/"</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">cowboy_static</span>, {<span style="color: #FF6600">file</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/var/www/index.html"</span>}}</tt></pre></div></div> +</div> +</div> +<div class="sect1"> +<h2 id="_serve_all_files_from_a_directory">Serve all files from a directory</h2> +<div class="sectionbody"> +<div class="paragraph"><p>You can also use the static handler to serve all files that +can be found in the configured directory. The handler will +use the <code>path_info</code> information to resolve the file location, +which means that your route must end with a <code>[...]</code> pattern +for it to work. All files are served, including the ones that +may be found in subfolders.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>You can specify the directory relative to an application’s +private directory.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>The following rule will serve any file found in the application +<code>my_app</code>'s priv directory inside the <code>static/assets</code> folder +whenever the requested path begins with <code>/assets/</code>:</p></div> +<div class="listingblock"> +<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight +by Lorenzo Bettini +http://www.lorenzobettini.it +http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> +<pre><tt>{<span style="color: #FF0000">"/assets/[...]"</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">cowboy_static</span>, {<span style="color: #FF6600">priv_dir</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">my_app</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"static/assets"</span>}}</tt></pre></div></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>You can also specify the absolute path to the directory or +set it relative to the current directory:</p></div> +<div class="listingblock"> +<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight +by Lorenzo Bettini +http://www.lorenzobettini.it +http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> +<pre><tt>{<span style="color: #FF0000">"/assets/[...]"</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">cowboy_static</span>, {<span style="color: #FF6600">dir</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"/var/www/assets"</span>}}</tt></pre></div></div> +</div> +</div> +<div class="sect1"> +<h2 id="_customize_the_mimetype_detection">Customize the mimetype detection</h2> +<div class="sectionbody"> +<div class="paragraph"><p>By default, Cowboy will attempt to recognize the mimetype +of your static files by looking at the extension.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>You can override the function that figures out the mimetype +of the static files. It can be useful when Cowboy is missing +a mimetype you need to handle, or when you want to reduce +the list to make lookups faster. You can also give a +hard-coded mimetype that will be used unconditionally.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>Cowboy comes with two functions built-in. The default +function only handles common file types used when building +Web applications. The other function is an extensive list +of hundreds of mimetypes that should cover almost any need +you may have. You can of course create your own function.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>To use the default function, you should not have to configure +anything, as it is the default. If you insist, though, the +following will do the job:</p></div> +<div class="listingblock"> +<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight +by Lorenzo Bettini +http://www.lorenzobettini.it +http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> +<pre><tt>{<span style="color: #FF0000">"/assets/[...]"</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">cowboy_static</span>, {<span style="color: #FF6600">priv_dir</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">my_app</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"static/assets"</span>, + [{<span style="color: #FF6600">mimetypes</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">cow_mimetypes</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">web</span>}]}}</tt></pre></div></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>As you can see, there is an optional field that may contain +a list of less used options, like mimetypes or etag. All option +types have this optional field.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>To use the function that will detect almost any mimetype, +the following configuration will do:</p></div> +<div class="listingblock"> +<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight +by Lorenzo Bettini +http://www.lorenzobettini.it +http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> +<pre><tt>{<span style="color: #FF0000">"/assets/[...]"</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">cowboy_static</span>, {<span style="color: #FF6600">priv_dir</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">my_app</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"static/assets"</span>, + [{<span style="color: #FF6600">mimetypes</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">cow_mimetypes</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">all</span>}]}}</tt></pre></div></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>You probably noticed the pattern by now. The configuration +expects a module and a function name, so you can use any +of your own functions instead:</p></div> +<div class="listingblock"> +<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight +by Lorenzo Bettini +http://www.lorenzobettini.it +http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> +<pre><tt>{<span style="color: #FF0000">"/assets/[...]"</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">cowboy_static</span>, {<span style="color: #FF6600">priv_dir</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">my_app</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"static/assets"</span>, + [{<span style="color: #FF6600">mimetypes</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Module</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Function</span>}]}}</tt></pre></div></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>The function that performs the mimetype detection receives +a single argument that is the path to the file on disk. It +is recommended to return the mimetype in tuple form, although +a binary string is also allowed (but will require extra +processing). If the function can’t figure out the mimetype, +then it should return <code>{<<"application">>, <<"octet-stream">>, []}</code>.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>When the static handler fails to find the extension, +it will send the file as <code>application/octet-stream</code>. +A browser receiving such file will attempt to download it +directly to disk.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>Finally, the mimetype can be hard-coded for all files. +This is especially useful in combination with the <code>file</code> +and <code>priv_file</code> options as it avoids needless computation:</p></div> +<div class="listingblock"> +<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight +by Lorenzo Bettini +http://www.lorenzobettini.it +http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> +<pre><tt>{<span style="color: #FF0000">"/"</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">cowboy_static</span>, {<span style="color: #FF6600">priv_file</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">my_app</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"static/index.html"</span>, + [{<span style="color: #FF6600">mimetypes</span>, {<span style="color: #990000"><<</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"text"</span><span style="color: #990000">>></span>, <span style="color: #990000"><<</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"html"</span><span style="color: #990000">>></span>, []}}]}}</tt></pre></div></div> +</div> +</div> +<div class="sect1"> +<h2 id="_generate_an_etag">Generate an etag</h2> +<div class="sectionbody"> +<div class="paragraph"><p>By default, the static handler will generate an etag header +value based on the size and modified time. This solution +can not be applied to all systems though. It would perform +rather poorly over a cluster of nodes, for example, as the +file metadata will vary from server to server, giving a +different etag on each server.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>You can however change the way the etag is calculated:</p></div> +<div class="listingblock"> +<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight +by Lorenzo Bettini +http://www.lorenzobettini.it +http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> +<pre><tt>{<span style="color: #FF0000">"/assets/[...]"</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">cowboy_static</span>, {<span style="color: #FF6600">priv_dir</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">my_app</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"static/assets"</span>, + [{<span style="color: #FF6600">etag</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Module</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Function</span>}]}}</tt></pre></div></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>This function will receive three arguments: the path to the +file on disk, the size of the file and the last modification +time. In a distributed setup, you would typically use the +file path to retrieve an etag value that is identical across +all your servers.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>You can also completely disable etag handling:</p></div> +<div class="listingblock"> +<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight +by Lorenzo Bettini +http://www.lorenzobettini.it +http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> +<pre><tt>{<span style="color: #FF0000">"/assets/[...]"</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">cowboy_static</span>, {<span style="color: #FF6600">priv_dir</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">my_app</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000">"static/assets"</span>, + [{<span style="color: #FF6600">etag</span>, <span style="color: #000080">false</span>}]}}</tt></pre></div></div> +</div> +</div> + + + + + + + + + + + <nav style="margin:1em 0"> + + <a style="float:left" href="https://ninenines.eu/docs/en/cowboy/2.3/guide/loop_handlers/"> + Loop handlers + </a> + + + + <a style="float:right" href="https://ninenines.eu/docs/en/cowboy/2.3/guide/req/"> + The Req object + </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> + + |