Need to call res.end() in Express 3.x?

[Tom]

In Express 2 the guide clearly stated that every single request should always be ended using `res.end`.

Now I notice that res.end is not in the API documentation, and that it is not mentioned anywhere.

It is however part of the node http server Response object, which Express inherits from.

Therefore my question is if I still need to call res.end for each request?

Tom

[greelgorke]

since response is realy extended http.ServerResponse this is valid: http://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/http.html#http_response_end_data_encoding

there is a word MUST in it :)

[tjholowaychuk]

res.end is a node thing, and it's lower level. usually you'd use
res.send(obj) or res.send('some string'), not res.end() it
does much less

[tjholowaychuk]

http://expressjs.com/api.html#res.send

On Nov 5, 11:50 pm, Tom <tommed...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Tom]

Greetings TJ,

The docs do not mention whether one still has to execute `res.end` after `res.send` though.

After looking at the source this does not seem to be needed, as res.send appears to call res.end.

Thank you.

Tom

Op dinsdag 6 november 2012 23:28:09 UTC+7 schreef tjholowaychuk het volgende:

[Anastasis Andronidis]

hello I am a new user, and I use Express 4. I believe that the .end() method is still NOT needed after .send().

I would like to see it documented on the official api though :)

Thanks

[q2dg2b]

+1