res.status for status codes in Express - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to set the HTTP status to 404.

Express

app.get('/notfound', (req, res) => {
  res.status([1]).send('Page not found');
});

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A404

B200

C500

D302

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 200 which means OK instead of 404.

Using 500 which means server error.

Using 302 which means redirect.

The res.status() method sets the HTTP status code. 404 means 'Not Found'.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to send a 201 status code after creating a resource.

Express

app.post('/create', (req, res) => {
  // resource creation logic
  res.status([1]).send('Created');
});

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A404

B400

C201

D500

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 400 which means bad request.

Using 404 which means not found.

Using 500 which means server error.

201 means 'Created' and is used after successfully creating a resource.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in setting the status code to 500 for server error.

Express

app.get('/error', (req, res) => {
  res.status([1]).send('Server error occurred');
});

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A'500'

B500

Cstatus(500)

Dres.status(500)

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Passing the status code as a string like '500'.

Calling status(500) inside the argument.

Passing res.status(500) inside the argument.

The res.status() method expects a number, not a string or a function call inside.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to set status 403 and send a message 'Forbidden'.

Express

app.get('/forbidden', (req, res) => {
  res.status([1]).[2]('Forbidden');
});

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A403

Bsend

Cjson

D404

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 404 instead of 403 for forbidden.

Using json instead of send when sending plain text.

403 is the status code for 'Forbidden'. The send method sends the response body as text.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to set status 302, redirect to '/login', and end the response.

Express

app.get('/redirect', (req, res) => {
  res.status([1]).[2]('/login').[3]();
});

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A404

Bredirect

Cend

D302

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using 404 instead of 302 for redirect.

Using send instead of redirect.

302 is the status code for redirect. redirect sends the redirect response. end ends the response process.