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Express.js - send response with status
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In this article, we would like to show you how to send response with status using Express.js.
Quick solution:
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response.sendStatus(200); // sends 200 status code with empty responseor:
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response.status(200).send('Response message!');Where: send() method can be replaced by any method from response API.
In this section you can find most common methods used in response API.
| Method | Description |
| send() | Sends indicated data as response, e.g. 'Response message!'. |
| json() | Sends the object as JSON. |
| jsonp() | Sends the object as JSONP. |
| download() | Transfers the file as "attachment". |
| sendFile() | Transfers the file as response content, e.g. index.html. |
| etc. | Other methods are available here. |
In this example, we present how to use status() and json() methods to send JSON response with status 200 on HTTP GET request.
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const express = require('express'); // npm install express2
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const app = express();4
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app.get('/path/to/api', (request, response) => {6
const object = {7
message: 'Response message!'8
};9
response.status(200) // sets success as status10
.json(object); // sends object as response11
});12
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app.listen(8080, () => console.log('Server started on port 8080.'));
