universal-response
Exposes a set of OK universal responses for working with XHR and non-XHR clients.
Working With
Requirements
- NodeJS 0.10+
- Express 4+
Using universal-response
Add the main middleware to expose the functions on the res object.
app.use(require('@bouncingpixel/universal-response'));The following response utilities are added:
// defined if req.xhr or if the req only accepts json
req.wantsJSON: boolean
// ok will either render the view if the request is not XHR nor wants JSON
// or will send the data as JSON for XHR/wants JSON requests
res.ok(view: string, data: any)
// ok will either redirect to a page if the request is not XHR nor wants JSON
// or will send the data as JSON for XHR/wants JSON requests
res.okRedirect(page: string, data: any)