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<h1 class="lined-header"><span>cowboy_loop(3)</span></h1>
<h2 id="_name">Name</h2>
<p>cowboy_loop - Loop handlers</p>
<h2 id="_description">Description</h2>
<p>The module <code>cowboy_loop</code> defines a callback interface for long running HTTP connections.</p>
<p>You should switch to this behavior for long polling, server-sent events and similar long-running requests.</p>
<p>There are generally two usage patterns:</p>
<ul><li>Loop until receiving a specific message, then send a response and stop execution (for example long polling);
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<li>Or initiate a response in <code>init/2</code> and stream the body in <code>info/3</code> as necessary (for example server-sent events).
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<h2 id="_callbacks">Callbacks</h2>
<p>Loop handlers implement the following interface:</p>
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<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_loop</font>, <font color="#009900">Req</font>, <font color="#009900">State</font>}
| {<font color="#FF6600">cowboy_loop</font>, <font color="#009900">Req</font>, <font color="#009900">State</font>, <font color="#FF6600">hibernate</font>}
<b><font color="#000000">info</font></b>(<font color="#009900">Info</font>, <font color="#009900">Req</font>, <font color="#009900">State</font>)
<font color="#990000">-></font> {<font color="#FF6600">ok</font>, <font color="#009900">Req</font>, <font color="#009900">State</font>}
| {<font color="#FF6600">ok</font>, <font color="#009900">Req</font>, <font color="#009900">State</font>, <font color="#FF6600">hibernate</font>}
| {<font color="#FF6600">stop</font>, <font color="#009900">Req</font>, <font color="#009900">State</font>}
<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> <i><font color="#9A1900">%% optional</font></i>
<font color="#009900">Req</font> <font color="#990000">::</font> <b><font color="#000000">cowboy_req:req</font></b>()
<font color="#009900">State</font> <font color="#990000">::</font> <b><font color="#000000">any</font></b>()
<font color="#009900">Info</font> <font color="#990000">::</font> <b><font color="#000000">any</font></b>()
<font color="#009900">Reason</font> <font color="#990000">::</font> <font color="#FF6600">stop</font>
| {<font color="#FF6600">crash</font>, <font color="#FF6600">error</font> | <b><font color="#000080">exit</font></b> | <b><font color="#000080">throw</font></b>, <b><font color="#000000">any</font></b>()}</tt></pre>
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<p>The <code>init/2</code> callback is common to all handlers. To switch to the loop behavior, it must return <code>cowboy_loop</code> as the first element of the tuple.</p>
<p>The <code>info/3</code> callback will be called for every Erlang message received. It may choose to continue the receive loop or stop it.</p>
<p>The optional <code>terminate/3</code> callback will ultimately be called with the reason for the termination of the handler. Cowboy will terminate the process right after this. There is no need to perform any cleanup in this callback.</p>
<p>The following terminate reasons are defined for loop handlers:</p>
<dl><dt>stop</dt>
<dd><p>The handler requested to close the connection by returning a <code>stop</code> tuple.</p>
</dd>
<dt>{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.</p>
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<h2 id="_changelog">Changelog</h2>
<ul><li><strong>2.0</strong>: Loop handlers no longer need to handle overflow/timeouts.
</li>
<li><strong>1.0</strong>: Behavior introduced.
</li>
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<h2 id="_see_also">See also</h2>
<p><a href="..">cowboy(7)</a>, <a href="../cowboy_handler">cowboy_handler(3)</a></p>
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