Stable

Collection of assorted helpers for Cowboy web server.

cowboy_resource

Generic handler for RESTful resources. Supercedes cowboy_rpc.

Router configuration:

%% in env key of protocol configuration:
{"/api/:bucket[/:id]", pecypc_test, [{token_secret, <<"!cowboyftw!">>}]},

Handler should be a module implementing cowboy_resource_handler behaviour:

-module(pecypc_test).

-export([
    init/3
  ]).

-behaviour(cowboy_resource_handler).
-export([
    allowed/2,
    authorize/3,
    call/3,
    delete/2,
    get/2,
    patch/3,
    post/3,
    put/3
  ]).

init(_Transport, Req, Options) ->
  {upgrade, protocol, cowboy_resource}.

authorize(Type, Credentials, _Options) ->
  {ok, {<<"foo">>, <<"you-are-admin.*">>}}.

allowed(_, none) ->
  false;
allowed(Method, {_Identity, _Scope}) ->
  true.

get(Query, Options) ->
  {ok, [{<<"x">>, <<"y">>}]}.

post(Entity, Query, Options) ->
  {ok, Entity}.

put(Entity, Query, Options) ->
  {ok, <<"PUT">>}.

patch(Changes, Query, Options) ->
  {ok, <<"UPDATED">>}.

delete(Query, Options) ->
  {ok, <<"DELETED">>}.

call(<<"add">>, [X, Y], _Options) when is_number(X) ->
  {ok, X + Y};
call(_, _, _) ->
  {error, <<"NYI">>}.

Call:

curl -H 'Accept: application/json' localhost:8080/api/foo/1
{"x":"y"}

curl -H 'Accept: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' localhost:8080/api/foo/1
x=y

curl -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"a": "b"}' localhost:8080/api/foo
{"a":"b"}

curl -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' -d 'a=b' localhost:8080/api/foo
{"a":"b"}

curl -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"a": "b"}' -X PUT localhost:8080/api/foo/1
"PUT"

curl -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"a": "c"}' -X PATCH localhost:8080/api/foo
"UPDATED"

curl -H 'Accept: application/json' -X DELETE localhost:8080/api/foo/1
"DELETED"

curl -H 'Content-Type: application/rpc+json' -d '[["add", [123, 321], "id999"], ["add", [true, 321], "id998"]]' localhost:8080/api/foo
[[null, 444, "id999"], ["badarg", null, "id998"]]

curl -H 'Content-Type: application/rpc+json' -d '[["nonexisting", [123, 321], "id997"]]' localhost:8080/api/foo
[["NYI", null, "id997"]]

cowboy_patch

Middleware for easing exposing RESTful services, helps dealing with unfriendly intermediary network environment which sometimes disallow certain critical HTTP methods and/or headers. This one allows to tunnel information via URI and headers. Please, consult comments in the code so far.

Should you put cowboy_patch in middleware chain, request will be updated automatically.

cowboy_mrouter

Middleware allowing to match HTTP method in standard router.

Inserting cowboy_mrouter into middleware chain before cowboy_router mangles incoming requests prepending URIs with HTTP method. Router rules then can match methods directly, e.g.:

{"/GET/foo/bar/[...]", Handler, Params}

cowboy_rpc

Handler for simple JSON RPC queries helping exposing level-0 REST services.

Router configuration:

%% in env key of protocol configuration:
{"/rpc/[...]", cowboy_rpc, [{handler, {rpc, process}}]}

Handler can be:

• an atom Mod calls Mod:handle(...);
• a 2-tuple of atoms: {Mod, Fun} calls Mod:Fun(...);
• a Pid :: pid() calls gen_server:call(Pid, ...).

In rpc.erl:

-export([process/3]).
process(<<"add">>, X, Y) when is_number(X) and is_number(Y) ->
  {ok, X + Y}.
process(<<"add">>, _X, _Y) ->
  {error, badarg}.

Call:

curl -d '[["add", [123, 321], "id999"], ["add", [true, 321], "id998"]]' localhost:8080/
[[null, 444, "id999"], ["badarg", null, "id998"]]

curl -d '[["nonexisting", [123, 321], "id997"]]' localhost:8080/
[["enoent", null, "id997"]]

cowboy_ua

{UserAgentHeader, Req2} = cowboy_req:headers(<<"user-agent">>, Req),
Agent = cowboy_ua:agent(UserAgentHeader),
Platform = cowboy_ua:platform(UserAgentHeader).

Should you put cowboy_ua in middleware chain, handler options will be augmented with {useragent, {Agent, Platform}} tuple.

cowboy_msie_fix_accept

By default MSIE sends Accept: application/x-ms-application, image/jpeg, application/xaml+xml, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-xbap, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/msword, */* header which is inappropriate to make hypermedia choice of the least surprise -- it anticipates text/html mime as the last fallback. This makes creating REST services somewhat difficult.

Should you put cowboy_msie in middleware chain after cowboy_router and cowboy_ua, Accept: will be substituted with text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8 which seems what other browsers send by default.

cowboy_session

Manage your sessions.

Insert cowboy_session middleware somewhere between cowboy_router and cowboy_handler:

  {middlewares, [
    ...
    cowboy_router,                % determine handler and its options
    ...
    cowboy_session,               % requires session_opts in environment
    ...
    cowboy_handler,               % process request
    ...
  ]}

Add session options to request environment:

{env, [
    ...
    {session_opts, {SessionImplementationModuleName, ImplementationOptions}},
    ...
  ]}

E.g. for bundled cowboy_cookie_session implementation:

{session_opts, {cowboy_cookie_session, {
    <<"sid">>,       % cookie name
    <<"tOpcekpet">>, % encryption secret
    1000,            % cookie time-to-live in seconds
    <<"/">>}}}       % cookie path

Access, modify or drop session:

{Session, Req2} = cowboy_session:get(Req),
Req3 = cowboy_session:set(NewSession, Req2),
Req4 = cowboy_session:drop(Req3).

Consider writing other implementations :)

cowboy_common_handler

Handler for common request cases.

Router configuration:

%% in env key of protocol configuration:
{"/common/[...]", cowboy_common_handler, [{handler, common_handler}]}

In common_handler.erl:

-export([action/3]).

% render index_view template with Session passed as data there
action(<<"GET">>, [], Req) ->
  {Session, Req2} = cowboy_session:get(Req),
  {render, index_view, Session, Req2};

% status, headers, body
action(<<"GET">>, [<<"bar">>], _Req) ->
  {200, [], <<"Hello Bar!\n">>, _Req};

% action takes full care of response
action(_, _, Req) ->
  {ok, Req2} = cowboy_req:reply(200, [], <<"Hello World\n">>, Req),
  {ok, Req2};

% login/logout: redirect, new session
action(<<"POST">>, [<<"login">>], Req) ->
  {Session, Req2} = cowboy_session:get(Req),
  Session2 = case Session of
    undefined ->
      [{user, <<"DVV">>}];
    _ ->
      [{user, <<"DVV">>} | lists:keydelete(user, 1, Session)]
  end,
  Req3 = cowboy_session:set(Session2, Req2),
  {redirect, <<"/home">>, Req3};

action(<<"POST">>, [<<"logout">>], Req) ->
  Req2 = cowboy_session:drop(Req),
  {redirect, <<"/login">>, Req2}.

cowboy_stack

An attempt to relax cowboy middleware.

E.g. to apply cowboy_patch:patch_accept/1 only to requests with prefix "/api/*":

  {middlewares, [
    ...
    cowboy_stack,
    ...
  ]},
  {env, [
    ...
    {stack, [
      {<<"/api/">>, cowboy_patch, patch_accept, []}
    ]},
    ...
  ]}

License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013 Vladimir Dronnikov [email protected]

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