HTTP Response

The HTTP Response node is designed to send a response back to the client in an API flow. It's essential for completing the request-response cycle in web applications, allowing you to specify the status code and body content of the response. This ensures that the client receives the necessary information after processing a request.

Field	Description	Required	Default
Node name	Node name	true	-
Response value	Content to be sent back in the response body	false	-
Response status code	HTTP status code for the response	true	-

Usage

1. Specify the response value. The previous value of node can be used here via Magical Autocomplete.

2. Select the appropriate response status code from the dropdown menu.

Returns

This node sends an HTTP response to the client.

Example

Let's say you want to send list of users stored in the database.

1. You've used List Records to fetch the users and now you can set the response value as $.listRecords.result .

2. Set the status code as 200 - OK.

After the calling the API, you'll receive the list of users in the response body with status code as 200.

Best Practices

1. Choose appropriate status code for different scenarios. For example, 200 for Successful Request, 201 for Resource Created Successfully, 400 for Invalid Request from Client. For more information, you can refer this HTTP response status code document from MDN.

Supported Status Code

Status Code	Meaning	Use Case
200	OK	Successful request (GET, PUT, PATCH)
201	Created	Successful resource creation (POST)
202	Accepted	Request accepted, but processing not completed
204	No Content	Successful request with no content to return (DELETE)
400	Bad Request	Invalid input, missing required fields
401	Unauthorized	Missing or invalid authentication token
403	Forbidden	User doesn't have necessary permissions
404	Not Found	Requested resource doesn't exist
409	Conflict	Request conflicts with current state of the server
500	Internal Server Error	Unexpected condition on the server