Return different HTTP response codes for a REST End Point

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I'm using express to serve the REST API endpoints for a mocked backend. For one of the endpoints, I'd like to be able to return different http response codes, with the other endpoints continuing to return 200. My code currently looks something like this:

var port = 32000;

var express = require("express");
var bodyParser = require("body-parser");
var app = express();

app.use( bodyParser.json() );
app.use( bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }) );

var setHeaders = function(req, res) {
    res.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
    res.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "http://localhost:2000");
};

app.get("*", setHeaders);

app.listen(port, function () {});

app.get("my/enpoint/one", function(req, res){
    res.send('hello');
});

Do you want for just one endpoint to return a different code/response to all the others, yet it's still the same response every time you call it, or do you want one endpoint to return different responses when you call it? — VLAZ
– VLAZ, Commented Oct 28, 2016 at 22:07

Matthew Herbst · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-28 22:07:01Z

1

You can use res.status to set the HTTP code:

res.status(404).send('Bad Request');

answered Oct 28, 2016 at 22:07

Matthew Herbst

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