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<h1 class="lined-header"><span>cowboy_req:reply(3)</span></h1>

<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_name">Name</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>cowboy_req:reply - Send the response</p></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_description">Description</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
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<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">reply</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Status</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">::</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:req</span></span>())
    <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">reply</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">StatusCode</span>, #{}, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>)

<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">reply</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Status</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Headers</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">::</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:req</span></span>())
    <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span> <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">reply</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Status</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Headers</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Body</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">::</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:req</span></span>())
    <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span> <span style="color: #009900">Req</span>

<span style="color: #009900">Status</span>  <span style="color: #990000">::</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy:http_status</span></span>()
<span style="color: #009900">Headers</span> <span style="color: #990000">::</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy:http_headers</span></span>()
<span style="color: #009900">Body</span>    <span style="color: #990000">::</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:resp_body</span></span>()</tt></pre></div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Send the response.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The header names must be given as lowercase binary strings.
While header names are case insensitive, Cowboy requires them
to be given as lowercase to function properly.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Cowboy does not allow duplicate header names. Headers set
by this function may overwrite those set by <code>set_resp_header/3</code>
and <code>set_resp_headers/2</code>.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Use <a href="../cowboy_req.set_resp_cookie">cowboy_req:set_resp_cookie(3)</a>
instead of this function to set cookies.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>reply/2,3</code> functions will send the body set previously,
if any. The <code>reply/4</code> function always sends the given body,
overriding any previously set.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>You do not need to set the content-length header when
sending a response body. Cowboy takes care of it automatically.
You should however provide a content-type header.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>No further data can be transmitted after this function
returns. This includes the push mechanism. Attempting to
send two replies, or to push resources after a reply has
been sent, will result in an error.</p></div>
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<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_arguments">Arguments</h2>
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<div class="dlist"><dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">
Status
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The status code for the response.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
Headers
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The response headers.
</p>
</dd>
</dl></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Header names must be given as lowercase binary strings.</p></div>
<div class="dlist"><dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">
Body
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The body can be either a binary value, an iolist or a
<code>sendfile</code> tuple telling Cowboy to send the contents of
a file.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">
Req
</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The Req object.
</p>
</dd>
</dl></div>
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<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_return_value">Return value</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>A new Req object is returned.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The returned Req object should be used from that point onward
as it contains updated information about the state of the request.</p></div>
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<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_changelog">Changelog</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="ulist"><ul>
<li>
<p>
<strong>2.0</strong>: Only the Req is returned, it is no longer wrapped in a tuple.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<strong>1.0</strong>: Function introduced.
</p>
</li>
</ul></div>
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<h2 id="_examples">Examples</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="title">Reply</div>
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<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:reply</span></span>(<span style="color: #993399">404</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req0</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="title">Reply with custom headers</div>
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<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:reply</span></span>(<span style="color: #993399">401</span>, #{
    <span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"www-authenticate"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #990000">=&gt;</span> <span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"Basic realm=\"erlang.org\""</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>
}, <span style="color: #009900">Req0</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="title">Reply with custom headers and a body</div>
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<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Req</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">cowboy_req:reply</span></span>(<span style="color: #993399">200</span>, #{
    <span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"content-type"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span> <span style="color: #990000">=&gt;</span> <span style="color: #990000">&lt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #FF0000">"text/plain"</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;&gt;</span>
}, <span style="color: #FF0000">"Hello world!"</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Req0</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
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<h2 id="_see_also">See also</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p><a href="../cowboy_req">cowboy_req(3)</a>,
<a href="../cowboy_req.set_resp_cookie">cowboy_req:set_resp_cookie(3)</a>,
<a href="../cowboy_req.set_resp_header">cowboy_req:set_resp_header(3)</a>,
<a href="../cowboy_req.set_resp_headers">cowboy_req:set_resp_headers(3)</a>,
<a href="../cowboy_req.set_resp_body">cowboy_req:set_resp_body(3)</a>,
<a href="../cowboy_req.stream_reply">cowboy_req:stream_reply(3)</a>,
<a href="../cowboy_req.push">cowboy_req:push(3)</a></p></div>
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