Vapor - How do I return a JSON response with a specific Status Code?

Question

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Easy question: if I'm sending a response like this

let response: ResponseRepresentable = try JSON(node: ["message": "User Created"])`

How can I set the status code for the response?

Answer 1

You can use the Response class directly, like this:

let statusCode = Status.other(statusCode: 666, reasonPhrase: "damn it")
let response = Response(status: statusCode, json: JSON(["error": "my error"]))

See the Response Documentation for more info.