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Context: body() Source evidence: /Sources/honojs hono/provenance.md Canonical citation: https://hono.dev/llms full.txt body Summary Return an HTTP response....
Context: body()
Source evidence: /Sources/honojs__hono/provenance.md Canonical citation: https://hono.dev/llms-full.txt#body
Summary
Return an HTTP response. ::: info Note: When returning text or HTML, it is recommended to use c.text() or c.html(). ::: ```ts twoslash import { Hono } from 'hono' const app = new Hono() // ---cut--- app.get('/welcome', (c) => { c...
Content
Return an HTTP response.
::: info
Note: When returning text or HTML, it is recommended to use c.text() or c.html().
:::
import { Hono } from 'hono'
const app = new Hono()
// ---cut---
app.get('/welcome', (c) => {
c.header('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
// Return the response body
return c.body('Thank you for coming')
})
You can also write the following.
import { Hono } from 'hono'
const app = new Hono()
// ---cut---
app.get('/welcome', (c) => {
return c.body('Thank you for coming', 201, {
'X-Message': 'Hello!',
'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
})
})
The response is the same Response object as below.
new Response('Thank you for coming', {
status: 201,
headers: {
'X-Message': 'Hello!',
'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
},
})
Metadata
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