PUT handler

[sdks/expressjs/utils/PUT handler]

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Receives PUT requests on the specified route and dispatches the corresponding response. Example:

1. "my-express-server"@0 received on app ID

2. "/users/"@0 received on route

3. a client POST request received by express with URL "http://api.mydomain.com/users/2

4. the following signals are sent to other node(s) processing the request

• { "accept": "application/json" }@0 sent on headers

• { id:2, "name": "John Doe", "age": 29 }@0 sent body

1. The following signals are received back from processing nodes and sent out to the client:

• 200@0 on status,

• { "content-type": "application/json" }@0 on headers,

• { id:2, "name": "John Doe", "age": 29 }@0 on body

1. null@0 sent on done

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Keywords: api, request, response

Input ports

• app ID: string

  The id of the express instance. Example: "my-express-server"

• route: (string or string[])

  Receives the route(s) to handle requests for. Route be specified as exact match (1) or as pattern match (2). Example:

  1. "/status" will just match "/status"

  2. "/s*s" will match "status", "shoes", etc..

• status: number

  Receives the HTTP status code to be sent with the response to the client. Example: 200

• headers: {string: string}

  Receives the HTTP headers to be sent with the response to the client. Example: { "content-type": "application/json" }

• body: any

  Receives the content to send to the client as response body. Example:

  • "OK"

  • 3.14

  • { "status": "OK" }

Output ports

• headers: {string: string}

  Forwards the headers of the request to be processed. Example: { "content-type": "application/json" }

• body: any

  Forwards the body of the request to be processed. Example:

  • "OK"

  • 3.14

  • { "status": "OK" }

• done: any

  Event triggered when the request has been processed.