cowboy/examples/echo_post/README.asciidoc

= POST parameter echo example

To try this example, you need GNU `make` and `git` in your PATH.

To build and run the example, use the following command:

[source,bash]
$ make run

As this example echoes a POST parameter, it is a little more
complex to test. Some browsers feature tools that allow you
to perform one such request, or you can use the command line
tool `curl` as we will demonstrate.

== Example output

[source,bash]
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$ curl -i -d echo=echomeplz http://localhost:8080
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
connection: keep-alive
server: Cowboy
date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:12:36 GMT
content-length: 9
content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

echomeplz
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