README.md

rest_service

Simple cowboy-based REST webservice

Usage:

    $ rebar get-deps compile

Start the service:

    1> [ application:start(A) || A <- [crypto, ranch, cowlib, cowboy] ].
    [ok,ok,ok,ok]
    2> application:start(rest_service).
    ok

Interact with the service:

    1> inets:start().
    ok
    2> httpc:request(get, {"http://localhost:8080/resource/123", []}, [], []).
    {ok,{{"HTTP/1.1",404,"Not Found"},
         [{"connection","keep-alive"},
          {"date","Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:58:57 GMT"},
          {"server","Cowboy"},
          {"content-length","0"},
          {"content-type","application/json"}],
         []}}
    3> httpc:request(put, {"http://localhost:8080/resource/123", [], "application/json", "foo"}, [], []).
    {ok,{{"HTTP/1.1",204,"No Content"},
         [{"connection","keep-alive"},
          {"date","Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:59:29 GMT"},
          {"server","Cowboy"},
          {"content-length","0"},
          {"content-type","application/json"}],
         []}}
    4> httpc:request(get, {"http://localhost:8080/resource/123", []}, [], []).                           {ok,{{"HTTP/1.1",200,"OK"},
         [{"connection","keep-alive"},
          {"date","Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:59:33 GMT"},
          {"server","Cowboy"},
          {"content-length","3"},
          {"content-type","application/json"}],
         "foo"}}
    5> httpc:request(delete, {"http://localhost:8080/resource/123", []}, [], []).
    {ok,{{"HTTP/1.1",204,"No Content"},
         [{"connection","keep-alive"},
          {"date","Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:01:25 GMT"},
          {"server","Cowboy"},
          {"content-length","0"},
          {"content-type","application/json"}],
         []}}
    6> httpc:request(get, {"http://localhost:8080/resource/123", []}, [], []).
    {ok,{{"HTTP/1.1",404,"Not Found"},
         [{"connection","keep-alive"},
          {"date","Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:01:26 GMT"},
          {"server","Cowboy"},
          {"content-length","0"},
          {"content-type","application/json"}],
         []}}