cowboy_stream_h(3)

Name

cowboy_stream_h - Default stream handler

Description

The module cowboy_stream_h is Cowboy's default stream handler and defines much of its behavior. It is responsible for managing the request process, sending it the request body and translating its messages into commands that Cowboy understands.

Options

opts() :: #{
    env              => cowboy_middleware:env(),
    middlewares      => [module()],
    shutdown_timeout => timeout()
}

Configuration for the default stream handler.

The default value is given next to the option name:

env (#{})

Middleware environment.

middlewares ([cowboy_router, cowboy_handler])

Middlewares to run for every request.

shutdown_timeout (5000)

Time in ms Cowboy will wait for child processes to shut down before killing them.

Events

The default stream handler spawns the request process and receives its exit signal when it terminates. It will stop the stream once its receives it.

In addition it returns a command for any event message looking like one of the following commands: inform, response, headers, data, trailers, push, switch_protocol. This is what allows the request process to send a response.

Because this stream handler converts events from the request process into commands, other stream handlers may not work properly if they are executed

Changelog

• 2.0: Module introduced.

See also

cowboy(7), cowboy_stream(3), cowboy_compress_h(3)