cowboy/examples/rest_hello_world

= REST hello world 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

Then point your browser to http://localhost:8080

== Example output

Request HTML:

[source,bash]
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$ curl -i http://localhost:8080
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
connection: keep-alive
server: Cowboy
date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:15:52 GMT
content-length: 136
content-type: text/html
vary: Accept

REST Hello World as HTML!

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Request JSON:

[source,bash]
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$ curl -i -H "Accept: application/json" http://localhost:8080
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
connection: keep-alive
server: Cowboy
date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:16:46 GMT
content-length: 24
content-type: application/json
vary: Accept

{"rest": "Hello World!"}
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Request plain text:

[source,bash]
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$ curl -i -H "Accept: text/plain" http://localhost:8080
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
connection: keep-alive
server: Cowboy
date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:18:35 GMT
content-length: 25
content-type: text/plain
vary: Accept

REST Hello World as text!
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Request a non acceptable content-type:

[source,bash]
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$ curl -i -H "Accept: text/css" http://localhost:8080
HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable
connection: keep-alive
server: Cowboy
date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:18:51 GMT
content-length: 0

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