express-respond

express-respond
=====================



HTTP response methods with auto content negotiation for expressjs

Installation

``sh
$ npm install --save express-respond
`

Usage

`js
import express from 'express';
import respond from 'express-respond';

const app = express();
app.use(respond);

// respond with 200
app.get('/', (request, response) => {
response.ok({ name: 'lykmapipo' });
});

// respond with error
app.use((error, request, response, next) => {
response.error(error);
});
`

API


All response methods accept optional response body based on response type, as some of response are not must to have response body.

$3

#### ok(body: Any)
Send JSON response with 200 http status code.

Example
`js
response.ok(body);
`

#### created(body: Any)
Send JSON response with 201 http status code.

Example
`js
response.created(body);
`

#### accepted([body: Any])
Send JSON response with 202 http status code.

Example
`js
response.accepted(body);
`

$3


Send JSON response with 204 http status code.

Example
`js
response.noContent();
`

$3

#### notModified([body: Any])
Send JSON response with 304 http status code.

Example
`js
response.notModified(body);
`

$3

#### badRequest([body: Any])
Send JSON response with 400 http status code.

Example
`js
response.badRequest(body);
`

#### unauthorized([body: Any])
Send JSON response with 401 http status code.

Example
`js
response.unauthorized(body);
`

#### paymentRequired([body])
Send JSON response with 402 http status code.

Example
`js
response.paymentRequired(body);
`

#### forbidden([body: Any])
Send JSON response with 403 http status code.

Example
`js
response.forbidden(body);
`

#### notFound([body: Any])
Send JSON response with 404 http status code.

Example
`js
response.notFound(body);
`

#### methodNotAllowed([body: Any])
Send JSON response with 405 http status code.

Example
`js
response.methodNotAllowed(body);
`

#### conflict([body: Any])
Send JSON response with 409 http status code.

Example
`js
response.conflict(body);
`

$3

#### internalServerError([body: Any])
Send JSON response with 500 http status code.

Example
`js
response.internalServerError(body);
`

#### notImplemented([body: Any])
Send JSON response with 501 http status code.

Example
`js
response.notImplemented(body);
`

#### badGateway([body: Any])
Send JSON response with 502 http status code.

Example
`js
response.badGateway(body);
`

#### serviceUnavailable([body: Any])
Send JSON response with 503 http status code.

Example
`js
response.serviceUnavailable(body);
`

$3

#### error([body: Error])
Send error as JSON response with http status code obtained from error.status property.

Example
`js
response.error(error);
`




Testing

* Clone this repository

* Install all development dependencies

`sh
$ npm install
`
* Then run test

`sh
$ npm test
``

Contribute

Fork this repo and push in your ideas.
Do not forget to add a bit of test(s) of what value you adding.

Licence

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) lykmapipo & Contributors

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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