express.Response setHeader for content type and type function

Question

res.type(mime.lookup(path)) -> res is a type of express.Response
res.setHeader('Content-Type', mime.lookup(path))

Can I know are above two lines the same?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 17 '22 at 02:03

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You can test by calling api from client or using log on server, check more View Express JS response headers?

answered Feb 17 '22 at 02:03

buithienquyet

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 17 '22 at 02:05

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Yes it has same functionality to set Content-Type to response header.

Here documentation for res.type

And here documentation for res.set

answered Feb 17 '22 at 02:05

I found the res.type is adding the charset at the end but the set is not. Is it possible to get the charset as well? – bunny Feb 18 '22 at 01:27

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