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-Cowboy Static File Handler with Index Support
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+Static file handler example
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+===========================
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-To compile this example you need rebar in your PATH.
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+To try this example, you need GNU `make`, `git` and
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+[relx](https://github.com/erlware/relx) in your PATH.
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-Type the following command:
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-```
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-$ rebar get-deps compile
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-```
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+To build the example, run the following command:
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-You can then start the Erlang node with the following command:
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-```
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-./start.sh
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+``` bash
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+$ make
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```
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```
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-Cowboy will serve all the files you put in the priv/ directory. You can replace
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-the filename given in the example URL with the one of a file you added to this
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-directory to receive that file. A middleware has been added that will re-route
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-the request to a different handler if the requested path is a directory.
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+To start the release in the foreground:
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-Example
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--------
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+``` bash
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+$ ./_rel/bin/web_server_example console
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+```
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-Point your browser to http://localhost:8080 to see the contents of `priv/`. You
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-can click on a link to see that file. If HTML is not preferred, the contents of
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-a directory will be listed as a JSON array (e.g. with `curl
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-http://localhost:8080`).
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+Then point your browser at [http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080)
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+to browse the contents of the `priv` directory.
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