Express 4.14 - How to send 200 status with a custom message?

Question

How can I send status and message in express 4.14?

For: res.sendStatus(200);

I get OK on my browser but I want it to display a custom message such as: Success 1

res.sendStatus(200); res.send('Success 1'); 

Error:

Error: Can't set headers after they are sent.

If I do this:

res.status(200).send(1); 

Error:

express deprecated res.send(status): Use res.sendStatus(status) instead

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You can use:

res.status(200).send('some text'); 

if you want to pass number to the send method, convert it to string first to avoid deprecation error message.

the deprecation is for sending status directly inside send.

res.send(200) // <- is deprecated 

BTW - the default status is 200, so you can simply use res.send('Success 1'). Use .status() only for other status codes

Answer 2

You shouldn't be getting that last error if you're using that exact code:

res.status(200).send('Success 1') 

My guess is that you're not using the string "Success 1" but a numerical variable or value instead:

let value = 123; res.status(200).send(value); 

That would trigger the warning. Instead, make sure that value is stringified:

let value = 123; res.status(200).send(String(value));