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JavaScript

Jack Lee
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Express - Set Location Header?

Descrption for the FullStack Javascript Techdregree Project 11 states:

POST /api/courses 201 - Creates a course, sets the Location header, and returns no content

What does it mean by "sets the Location header"?

1 Answer

Bruno Navarrete
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Bruno Navarrete
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You just have tu set res 's attributes to tell Postman you have a good response even if '/' is not found:

    res.location('/'); // will set the location header, would return Not Found by default since that route has no response
    res.status(201) // no content status code