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We also give the modified Req back to Cowboy.</p> -<p>The last value of the tuple is a state that will be used in every subsequent callbacks to this handler. Plain HTTP handlers only have one additional callback, the optional and rarely used <code>terminate/3</code>.</p> -<h2 id="_other_handlers">Other handlers</h2> -<p>The <code>init/2</code> callback can also be used to inform Cowboy that this is a different kind of handler and that Cowboy should switch to it. To do this you simply need to return the module name of the handler type you want to switch to.</p> -<p>Cowboy comes with three handler types you can switch to: <a href="../rest_handlers">cowboy_rest</a>, <a href="../ws_handlers">cowboy_websocket</a> and <a href="../loop_handlers">cowboy_loop</a>. In addition to those you can define your own handler types.</p> -<p>Switching is simple. Instead of returning <code>ok</code>, you simply return the name of the handler type you want to use. The following snippet switches to a Websocket handler:</p> -<div class="listingblock"><div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.9 -by Lorenzo Bettini -http://www.lorenzobettini.it -http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> -<pre><tt><b><font color="#000000">init</font></b>(<font color="#009900">Req</font>, <font color="#009900">State</font>) <font color="#990000">-></font> - {<font color="#FF6600">cowboy_websocket</font>, <font color="#009900">Req</font>, <font color="#009900">State</font>}<font color="#990000">.</font></tt></pre> -</div></div> -<h2 id="_cleaning_up">Cleaning up</h2> -<p>All handler types provide the optional <code>terminate/3</code> callback.</p> -<div class="listingblock"><div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.9 -by Lorenzo Bettini -http://www.lorenzobettini.it -http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite --> -<pre><tt><b><font color="#000000">terminate</font></b>(<font color="#009900">_Reason</font>, <font color="#009900">_Req</font>, <font color="#009900">_State</font>) <font color="#990000">-></font> - <font color="#FF6600">ok</font><font color="#990000">.</font></tt></pre> -</div></div> -<p>This callback is strictly reserved for any required cleanup. You cannot send a response from this function. There is no other return value.</p> -<p>This callback is optional because it is rarely necessary. Cleanup should be done in separate processes directly (by monitoring the handler process to detect when it exits).</p> -<p>Cowboy does not reuse processes for different requests. 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