Node.js HTTP ServerResponse Object
Example
The ServerResponse object is passed as the second parameter in the requestListener function:
let http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
res.write('Hello
World!');
res.end();
}).listen(8080);
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Definition and Usage
The ServerResponse object is passed as the second parameter to the requestListener function.
The ServerResponse object represents the writable stream back to the client.
ServerResponse Methods and Properties
| addTrailers() | Adds HTTP trailing headers |
| end() | Signals that the the server should consider that the response is complete |
| finished | Returns true if the response is complete, otherwise false |
| getHeader() | Returns the value of the specified header |
| headersSent | Returns true if headers were sent, otherwise false |
| removeHeader() | Removes the specified header |
| sendDate | Set to false if the Date header should not be sent in the response. Default true |
| setHeader() | Sets the specified header |
| setTimeout | Sets the timeout value of the socket to the specified number of milliseconds |
| statusCode | Sets the status code that will be sent to the client |
| statusMessage | Sets the status message that will be sent to the client |
| write() | Sends text, or a text stream, to the client |
| writeContinue() | Sends a HTTP Continue message to the client |
| writeHead() | Sends status and response headers to the client |
