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Response

Every route (get, post, etc.) handler should accept the request (req) and the response (res). Note that routes may optionally accept a different handler for errors.

HTML​

One can send plain HTML with send.

app$get("/html", \(req, res){
  res$send("hello!")
})

You can change the renderer by either creating your own middleware or use one of the existing ones:

Text​

One can send a plain text with text.

app$get("/text", \(req, res){
  res$text("hello!")
})

File​

An .html or .R file can also be used as response.

# sends templates/home.html
app$get("/file", \(req, res){
  res$send_file("home.html")
})

Render​

An .html or .R file can also be rendered. The difference with send_file is that it will use data to process [% tags %]. You can read more it in the templates documentation.

# renders templates/home.html
# replaces [% title %]
app$get("/:book", \(req, res){
  res$render("home.html", data = list(title = req$params$book))
})

JSON​

You can also send JSON responses with json, e.g.: to build an api

app$get("/:book", \(req, res){
  res$json(cars)
})

Status​

The status of the response can be specified in the response method (e.g.: render('home', status = 200L)), or with the status method.

app$get("/error", \(req, res){
  res$status(500)
  res$send("Error!")
})

# or
app$get("/error", \(req, res){
  res$send("Error!", status = 500L)
})

Redirect​

One can also redirect to a different url, note that these should have a status starting in 3.

app$get("/redirect", \(req, res){
  res$redirect("/", status = 302L)
})

CSV​

Serialises to CSV, when this endpoint is visited the CSV file is downloaded. It takes the data as first argument and the name of the file to download as second argument.

app$get("/csv", \(req, res){
  res$csv(cars, "cars-data")
})

TSV​

Serialises to tab separated file; it takes the same arguments as the csv response.

app$get("/tsv", \(req, res){
  res$tsv(mtcars, "more-cars")
})

htmlwidgets​

Serialises an htmlwidget.

library(echarts4r)

app$get("/htmlwidget", \(req, res){
  plot <- e_charts(cars, speed) %>% 
    e_scatter(dist)
  res$htmlwidget(plot)
})

Headers​

You can add headers with the header method on the response object.

app$get("/hello", \(req, res){
  res$header("Content-Type", "something")
  res$send("Using {ambiorix}!")
})