Interface Response<ResBody, LocalsObj, StatusCode>

This object is created internally by an HTTP server, not by the user. It is passed as the second parameter to the 'request' event.

Since

v0.1.17

interface Response<ResBody, LocalsObj, StatusCode> {
    app: Application<Record<string, any>>;
    charset: string;
    chunkedEncoding: boolean;
    closed: boolean;
    connection: Socket;
    destroyed: boolean;
    errored: Error;
    finished: boolean;
    headersSent: boolean;
    json: Send<ResBody, Response<ResBody, LocalsObj, StatusCode>>;
    jsonp: Send<ResBody, Response<ResBody, LocalsObj, StatusCode>>;
    locals: LocalsObj & Locals;
    req: Request<ParamsDictionary, any, any, ParsedQs, Record<string, any>>;
    send: Send<ResBody, Response<ResBody, LocalsObj, StatusCode>>;
    sendDate: boolean;
    shouldKeepAlive: boolean;
    socket: Socket;
    statusCode: number;
    statusMessage: string;
    strictContentLength: boolean;
    useChunkedEncodingByDefault: boolean;
    writable: boolean;
    writableCorked: number;
    writableEnded: boolean;
    writableFinished: boolean;
    writableHighWaterMark: number;
    writableLength: number;
    writableNeedDrain: boolean;
    writableObjectMode: boolean;
    [captureRejectionSymbol]?<K>(error, event, ...args): void;
    addListener(event, listener): this;
    addListener(event, listener): this;
    addListener(event, listener): this;
    addListener(event, listener): this;
    addListener(event, listener): this;
    addListener(event, listener): this;
    addListener(event, listener): this;
    addTrailers(headers): void;
    append(field, value?): this;
    appendHeader(name, value): this;
    assignSocket(socket): void;
    attachment(filename?): this;
    clearCookie(name, options?): this;
    compose<T>(stream, options?): T;
    contentType(type): this;
    cookie(name, val, options): this;
    cookie(name, val, options): this;
    cookie(name, val): this;
    cork(): void;
    destroy(error?): this;
    detachSocket(socket): void;
    download(path, fn?): void;
    download(path, filename, fn?): void;
    download(path, filename, options, fn?): void;
    emit(event): boolean;
    emit(event): boolean;
    emit(event, err): boolean;
    emit(event): boolean;
    emit(event, src): boolean;
    emit(event, src): boolean;
    emit(event, ...args): boolean;
    end(cb?): this;
    end(chunk, cb?): this;
    end(chunk, encoding, cb?): this;
    eventNames(): (string | symbol)[];
    flushHeaders(): void;
    format(obj): this;
    get(field): string;
    getHeader(name): string | number | string[];
    getHeaderNames(): string[];
    getHeaders(): OutgoingHttpHeaders;
    getMaxListeners(): number;
    hasHeader(name): boolean;
    header(field): this;
    header(field, value?): this;
    links(links): this;
    listenerCount<K>(eventName, listener?): number;
    listeners<K>(eventName): Function[];
    location(url): this;
    off<K>(eventName, listener): this;
    on(event, listener): this;
    on(event, listener): this;
    on(event, listener): this;
    on(event, listener): this;
    on(event, listener): this;
    on(event, listener): this;
    on(event, listener): this;
    once(event, listener): this;
    once(event, listener): this;
    once(event, listener): this;
    once(event, listener): this;
    once(event, listener): this;
    once(event, listener): this;
    once(event, listener): this;
    pipe<T>(destination, options?): T;
    prependListener(event, listener): this;
    prependListener(event, listener): this;
    prependListener(event, listener): this;
    prependListener(event, listener): this;
    prependListener(event, listener): this;
    prependListener(event, listener): this;
    prependListener(event, listener): this;
    prependOnceListener(event, listener): this;
    prependOnceListener(event, listener): this;
    prependOnceListener(event, listener): this;
    prependOnceListener(event, listener): this;
    prependOnceListener(event, listener): this;
    prependOnceListener(event, listener): this;
    prependOnceListener(event, listener): this;
    rawListeners<K>(eventName): Function[];
    redirect(url): void;
    redirect(status, url): void;
    redirect(url, status): void;
    removeAllListeners(eventName?): this;
    removeHeader(name): void;
    removeListener(event, listener): this;
    removeListener(event, listener): this;
    removeListener(event, listener): this;
    removeListener(event, listener): this;
    removeListener(event, listener): this;
    removeListener(event, listener): this;
    removeListener(event, listener): this;
    render(view, options?, callback?): void;
    render(view, callback?): void;
    sendFile(path, fn?): void;
    sendFile(path, options, fn?): void;
    sendStatus(code): this;
    sendfile(path): void;
    sendfile(path, options): void;
    sendfile(path, fn): void;
    sendfile(path, options, fn): void;
    set(field): this;
    set(field, value?): this;
    setDefaultEncoding(encoding): this;
    setHeader(name, value): this;
    setHeaders(headers): this;
    setMaxListeners(n): this;
    setTimeout(msecs, callback?): this;
    status(code): this;
    type(type): this;
    uncork(): void;
    vary(field): this;
    write(chunk, callback?): boolean;
    write(chunk, encoding, callback?): boolean;
    writeContinue(callback?): void;
    writeEarlyHints(hints, callback?): void;
    writeHead(statusCode, statusMessage?, headers?): this;
    writeHead(statusCode, headers?): this;
    writeProcessing(): void;
}

Type Parameters

  • ResBody = any
  • LocalsObj extends Record<string, any> = Record<string, any>
  • StatusCode extends number = number

Hierarchy (view full)

Properties

app: Application<Record<string, any>>
charset: string
chunkedEncoding: boolean
closed: boolean

Is true after 'close' has been emitted.

Since

v18.0.0

connection: Socket

Alias of outgoingMessage.socket.

Since

v0.3.0

Deprecated

Since v15.12.0,v14.17.1 - Use socket instead.

destroyed: boolean

Is true after writable.destroy() has been called.

Since

v8.0.0

errored: Error

Returns error if the stream has been destroyed with an error.

Since

v18.0.0

finished: boolean

Deprecated

Use writableEnded instead.

headersSent: boolean

Read-only. true if the headers were sent, otherwise false.

Since

v0.9.3

Send JSON response.

Examples:

res.json(null);
res.json({ user: 'tj' });
res.status(500).json('oh noes!');
res.status(404).json('I dont have that');

Send JSON response with JSONP callback support.

Examples:

res.jsonp(null);
res.jsonp({ user: 'tj' });
res.status(500).jsonp('oh noes!');
res.status(404).jsonp('I dont have that');
locals: LocalsObj & Locals
req: Request<ParamsDictionary, any, any, ParsedQs, Record<string, any>>

After middleware.init executed, Response will contain req property See: express/lib/middleware/init.js

Send a response.

Examples:

res.send(new Buffer('wahoo'));
res.send({ some: 'json' });
res.send('<p>some html</p>');
res.status(404).send('Sorry, cant find that');
sendDate: boolean
shouldKeepAlive: boolean
socket: Socket

Reference to the underlying socket. Usually, users will not want to access this property.

After calling outgoingMessage.end(), this property will be nulled.

Since

v0.3.0

statusCode: number

When using implicit headers (not calling response.writeHead() explicitly), this property controls the status code that will be sent to the client when the headers get flushed.

response.statusCode = 404;

After response header was sent to the client, this property indicates the status code which was sent out.

Since

v0.4.0

statusMessage: string

When using implicit headers (not calling response.writeHead() explicitly), this property controls the status message that will be sent to the client when the headers get flushed. If this is left as undefined then the standard message for the status code will be used.

response.statusMessage = 'Not found';

After response header was sent to the client, this property indicates the status message which was sent out.

Since

v0.11.8

strictContentLength: boolean

If set to true, Node.js will check whether the Content-Length header value and the size of the body, in bytes, are equal. Mismatching the Content-Length header value will result in an Error being thrown, identified by code:``'ERR_HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH_MISMATCH'.

Since

v18.10.0, v16.18.0

useChunkedEncodingByDefault: boolean
writable: boolean

Is true if it is safe to call writable.write(), which means the stream has not been destroyed, errored, or ended.

Since

v11.4.0

writableCorked: number

Number of times writable.uncork() needs to be called in order to fully uncork the stream.

Since

v13.2.0, v12.16.0

writableEnded: boolean

Is true after writable.end() has been called. This property does not indicate whether the data has been flushed, for this use writable.writableFinished instead.

Since

v12.9.0

writableFinished: boolean

Is set to true immediately before the 'finish' event is emitted.

Since

v12.6.0

writableHighWaterMark: number

Return the value of highWaterMark passed when creating this Writable.

Since

v9.3.0

writableLength: number

This property contains the number of bytes (or objects) in the queue ready to be written. The value provides introspection data regarding the status of the highWaterMark.

Since

v9.4.0

writableNeedDrain: boolean

Is true if the stream's buffer has been full and stream will emit 'drain'.

Since

v15.2.0, v14.17.0

writableObjectMode: boolean

Getter for the property objectMode of a given Writable stream.

Since

v12.3.0

Methods

  • Event emitter The defined events on documents including:

    1. close
    2. drain
    3. error
    4. finish
    5. pipe
    6. unpipe

    Parameters

    • event: "close"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "drain"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "error"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "finish"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "pipe"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "unpipe"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: string | symbol
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Adds HTTP trailers (headers but at the end of the message) to the message.

    Trailers will only be emitted if the message is chunked encoded. If not, the trailers will be silently discarded.

    HTTP requires the Trailer header to be sent to emit trailers, with a list of header field names in its value, e.g.

    message.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
    'Trailer': 'Content-MD5' });
    message.write(fileData);
    message.addTrailers({ 'Content-MD5': '7895bf4b8828b55ceaf47747b4bca667' });
    message.end();

    Attempting to set a header field name or value that contains invalid characters will result in a TypeError being thrown.

    Parameters

    Returns void

    Since

    v0.3.0

  • Appends the specified value to the HTTP response header field. If the header is not already set, it creates the header with the specified value. The value parameter can be a string or an array.

    Note: calling res.set() after res.append() will reset the previously-set header value.

    Parameters

    • field: string
    • Optional value: string | string[]

    Returns this

    Since

    4.11.0

  • Append a single header value to the header object.

    If the value is an array, this is equivalent to calling this method multiple times.

    If there were no previous values for the header, this is equivalent to calling outgoingMessage.setHeader(name, value).

    Depending of the value of options.uniqueHeaders when the client request or the server were created, this will end up in the header being sent multiple times or a single time with values joined using ; .

    Parameters

    • name: string

      Header name

    • value: string | readonly string[]

      Header value

    Returns this

    Since

    v18.3.0, v16.17.0

  • Set Content-Disposition header to attachment with optional filename.

    Parameters

    • Optional filename: string

    Returns this

  • Clear cookie name.

    Parameters

    Returns this

  • Set Content-Type response header with type through mime.lookup() when it does not contain "/", or set the Content-Type to type otherwise.

    Examples:

    res.type('.html');
    res.type('html');
    res.type('json');
    res.type('application/json');
    res.type('png');

    Parameters

    • type: string

    Returns this

  • Set cookie name to val, with the given options.

    Options:

    • maxAge max-age in milliseconds, converted to expires
    • signed sign the cookie
    • path defaults to "/"

    Examples:

    // "Remember Me" for 15 minutes res.cookie('rememberme', '1', { expires: new Date(Date.now() + 900000), httpOnly: true });

    // save as above res.cookie('rememberme', '1', { maxAge: 900000, httpOnly: true })

    Parameters

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • name: string
    • val: any

    Returns this

  • The writable.cork() method forces all written data to be buffered in memory. The buffered data will be flushed when either the uncork or end methods are called.

    The primary intent of writable.cork() is to accommodate a situation in which several small chunks are written to the stream in rapid succession. Instead of immediately forwarding them to the underlying destination, writable.cork() buffers all the chunks until writable.uncork() is called, which will pass them all to writable._writev(), if present. This prevents a head-of-line blocking situation where data is being buffered while waiting for the first small chunk to be processed. However, use of writable.cork() without implementing writable._writev() may have an adverse effect on throughput.

    See also: writable.uncork(), writable._writev().

    Returns void

    Since

    v0.11.2

  • Destroy the stream. Optionally emit an 'error' event, and emit a 'close' event (unless emitClose is set to false). After this call, the writable stream has ended and subsequent calls to write() or end() will result in an ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED error. This is a destructive and immediate way to destroy a stream. Previous calls to write() may not have drained, and may trigger an ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED error. Use end() instead of destroy if data should flush before close, or wait for the 'drain' event before destroying the stream.

    Once destroy() has been called any further calls will be a no-op and no further errors except from _destroy() may be emitted as 'error'.

    Implementors should not override this method, but instead implement writable._destroy().

    Parameters

    • Optional error: Error

      Optional, an error to emit with 'error' event.

    Returns this

    Since

    v8.0.0

  • Transfer the file at the given path as an attachment.

    Optionally providing an alternate attachment filename, and optional callback fn(err). The callback is invoked when the data transfer is complete, or when an error has ocurred. Be sure to check res.headersSent if you plan to respond.

    The optional options argument passes through to the underlying res.sendFile() call, and takes the exact same parameters.

    This method uses res.sendfile().

    Parameters

    Returns void

  • Parameters

    • path: string
    • filename: string
    • Optional fn: Errback

    Returns void

  • Parameters

    Returns void

  • Synchronously calls each of the listeners registered for the event named eventName, in the order they were registered, passing the supplied arguments to each.

    Returns true if the event had listeners, false otherwise.

    import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
    const myEmitter = new EventEmitter();

    // First listener
    myEmitter.on('event', function firstListener() {
    console.log('Helloooo! first listener');
    });
    // Second listener
    myEmitter.on('event', function secondListener(arg1, arg2) {
    console.log(`event with parameters ${arg1}, ${arg2} in second listener`);
    });
    // Third listener
    myEmitter.on('event', function thirdListener(...args) {
    const parameters = args.join(', ');
    console.log(`event with parameters ${parameters} in third listener`);
    });

    console.log(myEmitter.listeners('event'));

    myEmitter.emit('event', 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);

    // Prints:
    // [
    // [Function: firstListener],
    // [Function: secondListener],
    // [Function: thirdListener]
    // ]
    // Helloooo! first listener
    // event with parameters 1, 2 in second listener
    // event with parameters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in third listener

    Parameters

    • event: "close"

    Returns boolean

    Since

    v0.1.26

  • Parameters

    • event: "drain"

    Returns boolean

  • Parameters

    Returns boolean

  • Parameters

    • event: "finish"

    Returns boolean

  • Parameters

    Returns boolean

  • Parameters

    Returns boolean

  • Parameters

    • event: string | symbol
    • Rest ...args: any[]

    Returns boolean

  • Calling the writable.end() method signals that no more data will be written to the Writable. The optional chunk and encoding arguments allow one final additional chunk of data to be written immediately before closing the stream.

    Calling the write method after calling end will raise an error.

    // Write 'hello, ' and then end with 'world!'.
    import fs from 'node:fs';
    const file = fs.createWriteStream('example.txt');
    file.write('hello, ');
    file.end('world!');
    // Writing more now is not allowed!

    Parameters

    • Optional cb: Object

    Returns this

    Since

    v0.9.4

  • Parameters

    • chunk: any
    • Optional cb: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    Returns this

  • Returns an array listing the events for which the emitter has registered listeners. The values in the array are strings or Symbols.

    import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';

    const myEE = new EventEmitter();
    myEE.on('foo', () => {});
    myEE.on('bar', () => {});

    const sym = Symbol('symbol');
    myEE.on(sym, () => {});

    console.log(myEE.eventNames());
    // Prints: [ 'foo', 'bar', Symbol(symbol) ]

    Returns (string | symbol)[]

    Since

    v6.0.0

  • Flushes the message headers.

    For efficiency reason, Node.js normally buffers the message headers until outgoingMessage.end() is called or the first chunk of message data is written. It then tries to pack the headers and data into a single TCP packet.

    It is usually desired (it saves a TCP round-trip), but not when the first data is not sent until possibly much later. outgoingMessage.flushHeaders() bypasses the optimization and kickstarts the message.

    Returns void

    Since

    v1.6.0

  • Respond to the Acceptable formats using an obj of mime-type callbacks.

    This method uses req.accepted, an array of acceptable types ordered by their quality values. When "Accept" is not present the first callback is invoked, otherwise the first match is used. When no match is performed the server responds with 406 "Not Acceptable".

    Content-Type is set for you, however if you choose you may alter this within the callback using res.type() or res.set('Content-Type', ...).

    res.format({ 'text/plain': function(){ res.send('hey'); },

     'text/html': function(){
    res.send('<p>hey</p>');
    },

    'appliation/json': function(){
    res.send({ message: 'hey' });
    }

    });

    In addition to canonicalized MIME types you may also use extnames mapped to these types:

    res.format({ text: function(){ res.send('hey'); },

     html: function(){
    res.send('<p>hey</p>');
    },

    json: function(){
    res.send({ message: 'hey' });
    }

    });

    By default Express passes an Error with a .status of 406 to next(err) if a match is not made. If you provide a .default callback it will be invoked instead.

    Parameters

    • obj: any

    Returns this

  • Get value for header field.

    Parameters

    • field: string

    Returns string

  • Gets the value of the HTTP header with the given name. If that header is not set, the returned value will be undefined.

    Parameters

    • name: string

      Name of header

    Returns string | number | string[]

    Since

    v0.4.0

  • Returns an array containing the unique names of the current outgoing headers. All names are lowercase.

    Returns string[]

    Since

    v7.7.0

  • Returns a shallow copy of the current outgoing headers. Since a shallow copy is used, array values may be mutated without additional calls to various header-related HTTP module methods. The keys of the returned object are the header names and the values are the respective header values. All header names are lowercase.

    The object returned by the outgoingMessage.getHeaders() method does not prototypically inherit from the JavaScript Object. This means that typical Object methods such as obj.toString(), obj.hasOwnProperty(), and others are not defined and will not work.

    outgoingMessage.setHeader('Foo', 'bar');
    outgoingMessage.setHeader('Set-Cookie', ['foo=bar', 'bar=baz']);

    const headers = outgoingMessage.getHeaders();
    // headers === { foo: 'bar', 'set-cookie': ['foo=bar', 'bar=baz'] }

    Returns OutgoingHttpHeaders

    Since

    v7.7.0

  • Returns the current max listener value for the EventEmitter which is either set by emitter.setMaxListeners(n) or defaults to defaultMaxListeners.

    Returns number

    Since

    v1.0.0

  • Returns true if the header identified by name is currently set in the outgoing headers. The header name is case-insensitive.

    const hasContentType = outgoingMessage.hasHeader('content-type');
    

    Parameters

    • name: string

    Returns boolean

    Since

    v7.7.0

  • Parameters

    • field: any

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • field: string
    • Optional value: string | string[]

    Returns this

  • Returns the number of listeners listening for the event named eventName. If listener is provided, it will return how many times the listener is found in the list of the listeners of the event.

    Type Parameters

    • K

    Parameters

    • eventName: string | symbol

      The name of the event being listened for

    • Optional listener: Function

      The event handler function

    Returns number

    Since

    v3.2.0

  • Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName.

    server.on('connection', (stream) => {
    console.log('someone connected!');
    });
    console.log(util.inspect(server.listeners('connection')));
    // Prints: [ [Function] ]

    Type Parameters

    • K

    Parameters

    • eventName: string | symbol

    Returns Function[]

    Since

    v0.1.26

  • Set the location header to url.

    The given url can also be the name of a mapped url, for example by default express supports "back" which redirects to the Referrer or Referer headers or "/".

    Examples:

    res.location('/foo/bar').; res.location('http://example.com'); res.location('../login'); // /blog/post/1 -> /blog/login

    Mounting:

    When an application is mounted and res.location() is given a path that does not lead with "/" it becomes relative to the mount-point. For example if the application is mounted at "/blog", the following would become "/blog/login".

     res.location('login');
    

    While the leading slash would result in a location of "/login":

     res.location('/login');
    

    Parameters

    • url: string

    Returns this

  • Alias for emitter.removeListener().

    Type Parameters

    • K

    Parameters

    • eventName: string | symbol
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

    Since

    v10.0.0

  • Adds the listener function to the end of the listeners array for the event named eventName. No checks are made to see if the listener has already been added. Multiple calls passing the same combination of eventName and listener will result in the listener being added, and called, multiple times.

    server.on('connection', (stream) => {
    console.log('someone connected!');
    });

    Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

    By default, event listeners are invoked in the order they are added. The emitter.prependListener() method can be used as an alternative to add the event listener to the beginning of the listeners array.

    import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
    const myEE = new EventEmitter();
    myEE.on('foo', () => console.log('a'));
    myEE.prependListener('foo', () => console.log('b'));
    myEE.emit('foo');
    // Prints:
    // b
    // a

    Parameters

    • event: "close"

      The name of the event.

    • listener: Object

      The callback function

    Returns this

    Since

    v0.1.101

  • Parameters

    • event: "drain"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "error"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "finish"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "pipe"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "unpipe"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: string | symbol
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Adds a one-time listener function for the event named eventName. The next time eventName is triggered, this listener is removed and then invoked.

    server.once('connection', (stream) => {
    console.log('Ah, we have our first user!');
    });

    Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

    By default, event listeners are invoked in the order they are added. The emitter.prependOnceListener() method can be used as an alternative to add the event listener to the beginning of the listeners array.

    import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
    const myEE = new EventEmitter();
    myEE.once('foo', () => console.log('a'));
    myEE.prependOnceListener('foo', () => console.log('b'));
    myEE.emit('foo');
    // Prints:
    // b
    // a

    Parameters

    • event: "close"

      The name of the event.

    • listener: Object

      The callback function

    Returns this

    Since

    v0.3.0

  • Parameters

    • event: "drain"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "error"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "finish"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "pipe"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "unpipe"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: string | symbol
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Type Parameters

    Parameters

    • destination: T
    • Optional options: Object

    Returns T

  • Adds the listener function to the beginning of the listeners array for the event named eventName. No checks are made to see if the listener has already been added. Multiple calls passing the same combination of eventName and listener will result in the listener being added, and called, multiple times.

    server.prependListener('connection', (stream) => {
    console.log('someone connected!');
    });

    Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

    Parameters

    • event: "close"

      The name of the event.

    • listener: Object

      The callback function

    Returns this

    Since

    v6.0.0

  • Parameters

    • event: "drain"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "error"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "finish"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "pipe"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "unpipe"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: string | symbol
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Adds a one-timelistener function for the event named eventName to the beginning of the listeners array. The next time eventName is triggered, this listener is removed, and then invoked.

    server.prependOnceListener('connection', (stream) => {
    console.log('Ah, we have our first user!');
    });

    Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

    Parameters

    • event: "close"

      The name of the event.

    • listener: Object

      The callback function

    Returns this

    Since

    v6.0.0

  • Parameters

    • event: "drain"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "error"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "finish"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "pipe"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "unpipe"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: string | symbol
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName, including any wrappers (such as those created by .once()).

    import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
    const emitter = new EventEmitter();
    emitter.once('log', () => console.log('log once'));

    // Returns a new Array with a function `onceWrapper` which has a property
    // `listener` which contains the original listener bound above
    const listeners = emitter.rawListeners('log');
    const logFnWrapper = listeners[0];

    // Logs "log once" to the console and does not unbind the `once` event
    logFnWrapper.listener();

    // Logs "log once" to the console and removes the listener
    logFnWrapper();

    emitter.on('log', () => console.log('log persistently'));
    // Will return a new Array with a single function bound by `.on()` above
    const newListeners = emitter.rawListeners('log');

    // Logs "log persistently" twice
    newListeners[0]();
    emitter.emit('log');

    Type Parameters

    • K

    Parameters

    • eventName: string | symbol

    Returns Function[]

    Since

    v9.4.0

  • Redirect to the given url with optional response status defaulting to 302.

    The resulting url is determined by res.location(), so it will play nicely with mounted apps, relative paths, "back" etc.

    Examples:

    res.redirect('back'); res.redirect('/foo/bar'); res.redirect('http://example.com'); res.redirect(301, 'http://example.com'); res.redirect('http://example.com', 301); res.redirect('../login'); // /blog/post/1 -> /blog/login

    Parameters

    • url: string

    Returns void

  • Parameters

    • status: number
    • url: string

    Returns void

  • Parameters

    • url: string
    • status: number

    Returns void

    Deprecated

    use res.redirect(status, url) instead

  • Removes all listeners, or those of the specified eventName.

    It is bad practice to remove listeners added elsewhere in the code, particularly when the EventEmitter instance was created by some other component or module (e.g. sockets or file streams).

    Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

    Parameters

    • Optional eventName: string | symbol

    Returns this

    Since

    v0.1.26

  • Removes a header that is queued for implicit sending.

    outgoingMessage.removeHeader('Content-Encoding');
    

    Parameters

    • name: string

      Header name

    Returns void

    Since

    v0.4.0

  • Removes the specified listener from the listener array for the event named eventName.

    const callback = (stream) => {
    console.log('someone connected!');
    };
    server.on('connection', callback);
    // ...
    server.removeListener('connection', callback);

    removeListener() will remove, at most, one instance of a listener from the listener array. If any single listener has been added multiple times to the listener array for the specified eventName, then removeListener() must be called multiple times to remove each instance.

    Once an event is emitted, all listeners attached to it at the time of emitting are called in order. This implies that any removeListener() or removeAllListeners() calls after emitting and before the last listener finishes execution will not remove them fromemit() in progress. Subsequent events behave as expected.

    import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
    class MyEmitter extends EventEmitter {}
    const myEmitter = new MyEmitter();

    const callbackA = () => {
    console.log('A');
    myEmitter.removeListener('event', callbackB);
    };

    const callbackB = () => {
    console.log('B');
    };

    myEmitter.on('event', callbackA);

    myEmitter.on('event', callbackB);

    // callbackA removes listener callbackB but it will still be called.
    // Internal listener array at time of emit [callbackA, callbackB]
    myEmitter.emit('event');
    // Prints:
    // A
    // B

    // callbackB is now removed.
    // Internal listener array [callbackA]
    myEmitter.emit('event');
    // Prints:
    // A

    Because listeners are managed using an internal array, calling this will change the position indices of any listener registered after the listener being removed. This will not impact the order in which listeners are called, but it means that any copies of the listener array as returned by the emitter.listeners() method will need to be recreated.

    When a single function has been added as a handler multiple times for a single event (as in the example below), removeListener() will remove the most recently added instance. In the example the once('ping') listener is removed:

    import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
    const ee = new EventEmitter();

    function pong() {
    console.log('pong');
    }

    ee.on('ping', pong);
    ee.once('ping', pong);
    ee.removeListener('ping', pong);

    ee.emit('ping');
    ee.emit('ping');

    Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

    Parameters

    • event: "close"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

    Since

    v0.1.26

  • Parameters

    • event: "drain"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "error"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "finish"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "pipe"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: "unpipe"
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • event: string | symbol
    • listener: Object

    Returns this

  • Render view with the given options and optional callback fn. When a callback function is given a response will not be made automatically, otherwise a response of 200 and text/html is given.

    Options:

    • cache boolean hinting to the engine it should cache
    • filename filename of the view being rendered

    Parameters

    • view: string
    • Optional options: object
    • Optional callback: Object

    Returns void

  • Parameters

    • view: string
    • Optional callback: Object

    Returns void

  • Transfer the file at the given path.

    Automatically sets the Content-Type response header field. The callback fn(err) is invoked when the transfer is complete or when an error occurs. Be sure to check res.headersSent if you wish to attempt responding, as the header and some data may have already been transferred.

    Options:

    • maxAge defaulting to 0 (can be string converted by ms)
    • root root directory for relative filenames
    • headers object of headers to serve with file
    • dotfiles serve dotfiles, defaulting to false; can be "allow" to send them

    Other options are passed along to send.

    Examples:

    The following example illustrates how res.sendFile() may be used as an alternative for the static() middleware for dynamic situations. The code backing res.sendFile() is actually the same code, so HTTP cache support etc is identical.

    app.get('/user/:uid/photos/:file', function(req, res){
    var uid = req.params.uid
    , file = req.params.file;

    req.user.mayViewFilesFrom(uid, function(yes){
    if (yes) {
    res.sendFile('/uploads/' + uid + '/' + file);
    } else {
    res.send(403, 'Sorry! you cant see that.');
    }
    });
    });

    Parameters

    Returns void

    Api

    public

  • Parameters

    Returns void

  • Set the response HTTP status code to statusCode and send its string representation as the response body.

    Parameters

    Returns this

    Link

    http://expressjs.com/4x/api.html#res.sendStatus

    Examples:

    res.sendStatus(200); // equivalent to res.status(200).send('OK') res.sendStatus(403); // equivalent to res.status(403).send('Forbidden') res.sendStatus(404); // equivalent to res.status(404).send('Not Found') res.sendStatus(500); // equivalent to res.status(500).send('Internal Server Error')

  • Parameters

    • path: string

    Returns void

    Deprecated

    Use sendFile instead.

  • Parameters

    Returns void

    Deprecated

    Use sendFile instead.

  • Parameters

    Returns void

    Deprecated

    Use sendFile instead.

  • Parameters

    Returns void

    Deprecated

    Use sendFile instead.

  • Set header field to val, or pass an object of header fields.

    Examples:

    res.set('Foo', ['bar', 'baz']); res.set('Accept', 'application/json'); res.set({ Accept: 'text/plain', 'X-API-Key': 'tobi' });

    Aliased as res.header().

    Parameters

    • field: any

    Returns this

  • Parameters

    • field: string
    • Optional value: string | string[]

    Returns this

  • The writable.setDefaultEncoding() method sets the default encoding for a Writable stream.

    Parameters

    Returns this

    Since

    v0.11.15

  • Sets a single header value. If the header already exists in the to-be-sent headers, its value will be replaced. Use an array of strings to send multiple headers with the same name.

    Parameters

    • name: string

      Header name

    • value: string | number | readonly string[]

      Header value

    Returns this

    Since

    v0.4.0

  • Sets multiple header values for implicit headers. headers must be an instance of Headers or Map, if a header already exists in the to-be-sent headers, its value will be replaced.

    const headers = new Headers({ foo: 'bar' });
    outgoingMessage.setHeaders(headers);

    or

    const headers = new Map([['foo', 'bar']]);
    outgoingMessage.setHeaders(headers);

    When headers have been set with outgoingMessage.setHeaders(), they will be merged with any headers passed to response.writeHead(), with the headers passed to response.writeHead() given precedence.

    // Returns content-type = text/plain
    const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
    const headers = new Headers({ 'Content-Type': 'text/html' });
    res.setHeaders(headers);
    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
    res.end('ok');
    });

    Parameters

    • headers: Headers | Map<string, string | number | readonly string[]>

    Returns this

    Since

    v19.6.0, v18.15.0

  • By default EventEmitters will print a warning if more than 10 listeners are added for a particular event. This is a useful default that helps finding memory leaks. The emitter.setMaxListeners() method allows the limit to be modified for this specific EventEmitter instance. The value can be set to Infinity (or 0) to indicate an unlimited number of listeners.

    Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

    Parameters

    • n: number

    Returns this

    Since

    v0.3.5

  • Once a socket is associated with the message and is connected, socket.setTimeout() will be called with msecs as the first parameter.

    Parameters

    • msecs: number
    • Optional callback: Object

      Optional function to be called when a timeout occurs. Same as binding to the timeout event.

    Returns this

    Since

    v0.9.12

  • Set status code.

    Parameters

    Returns this

  • Set Content-Type response header with type through mime.lookup() when it does not contain "/", or set the Content-Type to type otherwise.

    Examples:

    res.type('.html');
    res.type('html');
    res.type('json');
    res.type('application/json');
    res.type('png');

    Parameters

    • type: string

    Returns this

  • The writable.uncork() method flushes all data buffered since cork was called.

    When using writable.cork() and writable.uncork() to manage the buffering of writes to a stream, defer calls to writable.uncork() using process.nextTick(). Doing so allows batching of all writable.write() calls that occur within a given Node.js event loop phase.

    stream.cork();
    stream.write('some ');
    stream.write('data ');
    process.nextTick(() => stream.uncork());

    If the writable.cork() method is called multiple times on a stream, the same number of calls to writable.uncork() must be called to flush the buffered data.

    stream.cork();
    stream.write('some ');
    stream.cork();
    stream.write('data ');
    process.nextTick(() => {
    stream.uncork();
    // The data will not be flushed until uncork() is called a second time.
    stream.uncork();
    });

    See also: writable.cork().

    Returns void

    Since

    v0.11.2

  • Adds the field to the Vary response header, if it is not there already. Examples:

    res.vary('User-Agent').render('docs');
    

    Parameters

    • field: string

    Returns this

  • The writable.write() method writes some data to the stream, and calls the supplied callback once the data has been fully handled. If an error occurs, the callback will be called with the error as its first argument. The callback is called asynchronously and before 'error' is emitted.

    The return value is true if the internal buffer is less than the highWaterMark configured when the stream was created after admitting chunk. If false is returned, further attempts to write data to the stream should stop until the 'drain' event is emitted.

    While a stream is not draining, calls to write() will buffer chunk, and return false. Once all currently buffered chunks are drained (accepted for delivery by the operating system), the 'drain' event will be emitted. Once write() returns false, do not write more chunks until the 'drain' event is emitted. While calling write() on a stream that is not draining is allowed, Node.js will buffer all written chunks until maximum memory usage occurs, at which point it will abort unconditionally. Even before it aborts, high memory usage will cause poor garbage collector performance and high RSS (which is not typically released back to the system, even after the memory is no longer required). Since TCP sockets may never drain if the remote peer does not read the data, writing a socket that is not draining may lead to a remotely exploitable vulnerability.

    Writing data while the stream is not draining is particularly problematic for a Transform, because the Transform streams are paused by default until they are piped or a 'data' or 'readable' event handler is added.

    If the data to be written can be generated or fetched on demand, it is recommended to encapsulate the logic into a Readable and use pipe. However, if calling write() is preferred, it is possible to respect backpressure and avoid memory issues using the 'drain' event:

    function write(data, cb) {
    if (!stream.write(data)) {
    stream.once('drain', cb);
    } else {
    process.nextTick(cb);
    }
    }

    // Wait for cb to be called before doing any other write.
    write('hello', () => {
    console.log('Write completed, do more writes now.');
    });

    A Writable stream in object mode will always ignore the encoding argument.

    Parameters

    • chunk: any

      Optional data to write. For streams not operating in object mode, chunk must be a {string}, {Buffer}, {TypedArray} or {DataView}. For object mode streams, chunk may be any JavaScript value other than null.

    • Optional callback: Object

      Callback for when this chunk of data is flushed.

    Returns boolean

    false if the stream wishes for the calling code to wait for the 'drain' event to be emitted before continuing to write additional data; otherwise true.

    Since

    v0.9.4

  • Parameters

    Returns boolean

  • Sends an HTTP/1.1 100 Continue message to the client, indicating that the request body should be sent. See the 'checkContinue' event on Server.

    Parameters

    • Optional callback: Object

    Returns void

    Since

    v0.3.0

  • Sends an HTTP/1.1 103 Early Hints message to the client with a Link header, indicating that the user agent can preload/preconnect the linked resources. The hints is an object containing the values of headers to be sent with early hints message. The optional callback argument will be called when the response message has been written.

    Example

    const earlyHintsLink = '</styles.css>; rel=preload; as=style';
    response.writeEarlyHints({
    'link': earlyHintsLink,
    });

    const earlyHintsLinks = [
    '</styles.css>; rel=preload; as=style',
    '</scripts.js>; rel=preload; as=script',
    ];
    response.writeEarlyHints({
    'link': earlyHintsLinks,
    'x-trace-id': 'id for diagnostics',
    });

    const earlyHintsCallback = () => console.log('early hints message sent');
    response.writeEarlyHints({
    'link': earlyHintsLinks,
    }, earlyHintsCallback);

    Parameters

    • hints: Record<string, string | string[]>

      An object containing the values of headers

    • Optional callback: Object

      Will be called when the response message has been written

    Returns void

    Since

    v18.11.0

  • Sends a response header to the request. The status code is a 3-digit HTTP status code, like 404. The last argument, headers, are the response headers. Optionally one can give a human-readable statusMessage as the second argument.

    headers may be an Array where the keys and values are in the same list. It is not a list of tuples. So, the even-numbered offsets are key values, and the odd-numbered offsets are the associated values. The array is in the same format as request.rawHeaders.

    Returns a reference to the ServerResponse, so that calls can be chained.

    const body = 'hello world';
    response
    .writeHead(200, {
    'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(body),
    'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
    })
    .end(body);

    This method must only be called once on a message and it must be called before response.end() is called.

    If response.write() or response.end() are called before calling this, the implicit/mutable headers will be calculated and call this function.

    When headers have been set with response.setHeader(), they will be merged with any headers passed to response.writeHead(), with the headers passed to response.writeHead() given precedence.

    If this method is called and response.setHeader() has not been called, it will directly write the supplied header values onto the network channel without caching internally, and the response.getHeader() on the header will not yield the expected result. If progressive population of headers is desired with potential future retrieval and modification, use response.setHeader() instead.

    // Returns content-type = text/plain
    const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
    res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
    res.setHeader('X-Foo', 'bar');
    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
    res.end('ok');
    });

    Content-Length is read in bytes, not characters. Use Buffer.byteLength() to determine the length of the body in bytes. Node.js will check whether Content-Length and the length of the body which has been transmitted are equal or not.

    Attempting to set a header field name or value that contains invalid characters will result in a [Error][] being thrown.

    Parameters

    Returns this

    Since

    v0.1.30

  • Parameters

    Returns this

  • Sends a HTTP/1.1 102 Processing message to the client, indicating that the request body should be sent.

    Returns void

    Since

    v10.0.0