Handle Response

Responses can be made using the reply object . Rover offers 4 native ways to send response to the client. These are explained below

text

• Interface: send(text: string, status: number = 200, headers: Headers )
• Use cases: returns a simple text in response.
• Example:

  return reply.text("Hello world from Rover!");

json

• Interface: json(body: object, status?: number, headers?: Headers): Promise<Response>

• Use cases: Use it to make a json response. The response contains header Content-Type: application/json.

• Example:

  return reply.json({
    status: true,
    msg: "request successful",
  });

html

• Interface: html(html: string, status?: number, headers?: Headers): Promise<Response>
• Use cases: Make html response to the browsers
• Example:

  return reply.html(
    "<h1>Hello World, this is my greatest website made using html programming language!</h1>"
  );

error

• Interface: error(msg: string, errorStatus: number, headers?: Headers): Promise<Response>
• Use cases: Make error response with any error code. The response will send the following json

  {
    "success": false,
    "message": "Your msg here"
  }
• Example:

  return reply.error("Bad request", 400);