response.md

Response

uWebSockets.js methods

See here

Implemented methods

• send
• pipe
• json (same as send, but for compatibility we keep this method)
• sendFile
• redirect
• status
• writeHead
• cookie
• setCookie
• hasCookie
• removeCookie
• setHeader
• getHeader
• hasHeader
• removeHeader
• setHeaders
• writeHeaderValues
• writeHeaders
• type
• header

Examples

Cookie + JSON example

app.get('/is_logged', async (req, res) => {
  const status = res.hasCookie('userId') ? 'success' : 'error';

  return res.send({ status });
});

Redirect + Params example

app.get('/user/:id/login', async (req, res) => {
  const { id } = req.params;

  const result = await db.getUser(id);

  return res.redirect(`/user/${id}/`);
});

sendFile

{% hint style="info" %} File should be on the same path where JS file is or you can try Absolute path for stream/sendFile {% endhint %}

app.get('/video.mp4', async (req, res) => {
  return res.sendFile('video.mp4');
});