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August 4, 2013 00:20
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Very basic modification of Express JS res.json(). Adds the safety prefix for Angular JS to the body of all json responses. Extends the response object with one method: ngJSON. Simply require file somewhere in application (normally app.js) before executing ngJSON responses.
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var http = require('http'); | |
var NG_PREFIX = ")]}',\n"; | |
http.ServerResponse.prototype.ngJSON = function(obj){ | |
// allow status / body | |
if (2 == arguments.length) { | |
// res.json(body, status) backwards compat | |
if ('number' == typeof arguments[1]) { | |
this.statusCode = arguments[1]; | |
} else { | |
this.statusCode = obj; | |
obj = arguments[1]; | |
} | |
} | |
// settings | |
var app = this.app; | |
var replacer = app.get('json replacer'); | |
var spaces = app.get('json spaces'); | |
var body = JSON.stringify(obj, replacer, spaces); | |
// content-type | |
this.get('Content-Type') || this.set('Content-Type', 'application/json'); | |
return this.send(NG_PREFIX + body); | |
}; | |
//e.x. res.ngJSON({ name : 'Tyler' }); | |
//e.x. res.ngJSON(500, { error : 'Something something dark side' }); |
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