Express.js - send response with status

In this article, we would like to show you how to send response with status using Express.js.

Quick solution:

response.sendStatus(200);  // sends 200 status code with empty response

or:

response.status(200).send('Response message!');

Where: send() method can be replaced by any method from response API.

Response API

In this section you can find most common methods used in response API.

Practical example

In this example, we present how to use status() and json() methods to send JSON response with status 200 on HTTP GET request.

const express = require('express');  // npm install express

const app = express();

app.get('/path/to/api', (request, response) => {
    const object = {
        message: 'Response message!'
    };
    response.status(200)    // sets success as status
            .json(object);  // sends object as response
});

app.listen(8080, () => console.log('Server started on port 8080.'));

References

1. res.status(code) - Express.js API
2. res.sendStatus(statusCode) - Express API
3. Response - Express.js API