NodeJS send HTTP code status to front-end

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I am reading expressjs documentation and i sow that the response to the user can be sent like this:

res.status(404).send('Sorry, we cannot find that!') //or
res.status(201).send('posted')

I want to know if according to best practices, is ok to send the shttp status code like this:

res.send({
  data: {
    user: "John
  },
  statusCode: 201,
  message: "POsted success"
})

It is ok the last structure or it exist another way to send data about the status?
PS: I am new to node js

Quentin · Accepted Answer · 2021-02-15 09:33:37Z

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The send method doesn't use a statusCode property on the body parameter to determine what the status code should be.

Not only is it not best practise, it simply doesn't work.

answered Feb 15, 2021 at 9:33

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Asking Over a year ago

also i am using nestJS (docs.nestjs.com/controllers), do you know how there to send statusCode together with ` data: { user: "John }, message: "POsted success"`... ?

Asking Over a year ago

could you help with this please stackoverflow.com/questions/66303961/…

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