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<h1 class="lined-header"><span>cowboy_loop(3)</span></h1>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_name">Name</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>cowboy_loop - loop handlers</p></div>
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<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_description">Description</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>cowboy_loop</code> module implements a handler interface for
long running HTTP connections. It is the recommended interface
for long polling and server-sent events, amongst others.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>This module is a sub protocol that defines three callbacks to
be implemented by handlers. The <code>init/2</code> and <code>terminate/3</code>
callbacks are common to all handler types and are documented
in the manual for the <a href="cowboy_handler.asciidoc">cowboy_handler</a> module.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>info/3</code> callback is specific to loop handlers and will be
called as many times as necessary until a reply is sent.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>It is highly recommended to return a timeout value from the
<code>init/2</code> callback to ensure that the process is terminated
when no data has been received during that timespan. The
default timeout is <code>infinity</code>, which should only be used if
you have alternate means of ending inactive connections.</p></div>
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<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_terminate_reasons">Terminate reasons</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>The following values may be received as the terminate reason
in the optional <code>terminate/3</code> callback.</p></div>
<div class="dlist"><dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">
normal
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The connection was closed normally before switching to the
loop sub protocol. This typically happens if an <code>ok</code> tuple is
returned from the <code>init/2</code> callback.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
stop
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The handler requested to close the connection by returning
a <code>stop</code> tuple.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
timeout
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The connection has been closed due to inactivity. The timeout
value can be configured from <code>init/2</code>. The response sent when
this happens is a <code>204 No Content</code>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
{crash, Class, Reason}
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
A crash occurred in the handler. <code>Class</code> and <code>Reason</code> can be
used to obtain more information about the crash. The function
<code>erlang:get_stacktrace/0</code> can also be called to obtain the
stacktrace of the process when the crash occurred.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
{error, overflow}
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The connection is being closed and the process terminated
because the buffer Cowboy uses to keep data sent by the
client has reached its maximum. The buffer size can be
configured through the environment value <code>loop_max_buffer</code>
and defaults to 5000 bytes.
<br />
If the long running request comes with a body it is recommended
to process this body before switching to the loop sub protocol.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
{error, closed}
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The socket has been closed brutally without a close frame being
received first.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
{error, Reason}
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
A socket error ocurred.
</p>
</dd>
</dl></div>
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<h2 id="_callbacks">Callbacks</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_info_info_req_state_8594_ok_req_state_ok_req_state_hibernate_stop_req_state">info(Info, Req, State) → {ok, Req, State} | {ok, Req, State, hibernate} | {stop, Req, State}</h3>
<div class="dlist"><dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">
Info = any()
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Message received by the process.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
Req = cowboy_req:req()
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The Req object.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
State = any()
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Handler state.
</p>
</dd>
</dl></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Handle the Erlang message received.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>This function will be called every time an Erlang message
has been received. The message can be any Erlang term.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>stop</code> return value can be used to stop the receive loop,
typically because a response has been sent.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>hibernate</code> option will hibernate the process until
it receives another message.</p></div>
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