`res.send()` doesn't convert to string

[quoininc-huudatran]

When calling the following in my code:

res.status(200).type('application/hal+json').send({some: 'object'});

will break the code:

res._getJSONData()

as the data is kept as JSON instead of converting it to string. This is the behavior in ExpressJS (I'm not calling JSON.stringify() in my long-time running code.

[restuwahyu13]

same issue with me

[eugef]

Are you using express or some other framework?

[quoininc-huudatran]

@eugef expressJS, as specified in my initial report.

This is the behavior in ExpressJS

[eugef]

It is indeed an issue in this lib that res.send() functionality doesn't match Express.js 100% https://github.com/howardabrams/node-mocks-http/blob/master/test/lib/mockResponse.spec.js#L639

Unfortunately the fix would break the backwards compatibility and would require a major release.

Meanwhile, as a work-around i suggest to use res._getData() in your tests.

[quoininc-huudatran]

@eugef Yes, I understand this, and that's what I'm using in my tests to work around, but wanted to raise/document that difference, because it took me a little time to figure it out. Maybe it can just be added to the documentation.

[restuwahyu13]

@quoininc-huudatran use this for handle res.send, and this work for me res._getData()

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