Response methods

The methods on the response object (res) in the following table can send a response to the client, and terminate the request-response cycle. If none of these methods are called from a route handler, the client request will be left hanging.
MethodDescription
res.download()Prompt a file to be downloaded.
res.end()End the response process.
res.json()Send a JSON response.
res.jsonp()Send a JSON response with JSONP support.
res.redirect()Redirect a request.
res.render()Render a view template.
res.send()Send a response of various types.
res.sendFile()Send a file as an octet stream.
res.sendStatus()Set the response status code and send its string representation as the response body.

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