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<h1 class="lined-header"><span>cowboy_router(3)</span></h1>

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<h2 id="_name">Name</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>cowboy_router - router middleware</p></div>
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<h2 id="_description">Description</h2>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>cowboy_router</code> middleware maps the requested host and
path to the handler to be used for processing the request.
It uses the dispatch rules compiled from the routes given
to the <code>compile/1</code> function for this purpose. It adds the
handler name and options to the environment as the values
<code>handler</code> and <code>handler_opts</code> respectively.</p></div>
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<h3 id="_environment_input">Environment input</h3>
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<dt class="hdlist1">
dispatch = dispatch_rules()
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<dd>
<p>
Dispatch table.
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<h3 id="_environment_output">Environment output</h3>
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handler = module()
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Handler module.
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handler_opts = any()
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Handler options.
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<h2 id="_types">Types</h2>
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<h3 id="_bindings_atom_binary">bindings() = [{atom(), binary()}]</h3>
<div class="paragraph"><p>List of bindings found during routing.</p></div>
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<h3 id="_dispatch_rules_opaque_to_the_user">dispatch_rules() - opaque to the user</h3>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Rules for dispatching request used by Cowboy.</p></div>
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<h3 id="_routes_host_paths_host_cowboy_fields_paths">routes() = [{Host, Paths} | {Host, cowboy:fields(), Paths}]</h3>
<div class="paragraph"><p>With types:</p></div>
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<li>
<p>
Host = Path = <em>_</em> | iodata()
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</li>
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Paths = [{Path, Handler, Opts} | {Path, cowboy:fields(), Handler, HandlerOpts}]
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Handler = module()
</p>
</li>
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<p>
HandlerOpts = any()
</p>
</li>
</ul></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Human readable list of routes mapping hosts and paths to handlers.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The syntax for routes is defined in the user guide.</p></div>
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<h3 id="_tokens_binary">tokens() = [binary()]</h3>
<div class="paragraph"><p>List of host_info and path_info tokens found during routing.</p></div>
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<h2 id="_exports">Exports</h2>
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<h3 id="_compile_routes_8594_dispatch_rules">compile(routes()) &#8594; dispatch_rules()</h3>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Compile the routes for use by Cowboy.</p></div>
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