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sujitsuman
sujitsuman

Reputation: 11

Using res.send() for sending the response in nodeJs

I'm a beginner in nodeJs, I have created node server and write simple program, Sending the response I am using "response.end('some text')" working fine, but instead of using 'end' if I am trying to send response using 'send', then its throwing error "response.send is not a function."

Upvotes: 1

Views: 11062

Answers (1)

robertklep
robertklep

Reputation: 203574

You have probably created an HTTP server based on the http module.

response, which is a http.ServerResponse instance, does not have a .send method. It does, as you found out, have a .end method, though.

My guess is that you have seen some Express code. Express is a framework to build HTTP servers, and it provides additional functionality on top of the regular http module.

One of those additional functions is a .send method for HTTP response instances:

var express = require('express');
var app     = express();
var server  = app.listen(3000);

app.get('/', function(request, response) {
  response.send('hello world!');
});

Upvotes: 4

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