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diff --git a/doc/api/http.markdown b/doc/api/http.markdown index 444500e0c6..7088ee3ddd 100644 --- a/doc/api/http.markdown +++ b/doc/api/http.markdown @@ -258,11 +258,11 @@ Indicates that the underlying connection was terminated before Sends a HTTP/1.1 100 Continue message to the client, indicating that the request body should be sent. See the ['checkContinue'][] event on `Server`. -### response.writeHead(statusCode, [reasonPhrase], [headers]) +### response.writeHead(statusCode, [statusMessage], [headers]) Sends a response header to the request. The status code is a 3-digit HTTP status code, like `404`. The last argument, `headers`, are the response headers. -Optionally one can give a human-readable `reasonPhrase` as the second +Optionally one can give a human-readable `statusMessage` as the second argument. Example: @@ -313,6 +313,20 @@ Example: After response header was sent to the client, this property indicates the status code which was sent out. +### response.statusMessage + +When using implicit headers (not calling `response.writeHead()` explicitly), this property +controls the status message that will be sent to the client when the headers get +flushed. If this is left as `undefined` then the standard message for the status +code will be used. + +Example: + + response.statusMessage = 'Not found'; + +After response header was sent to the client, this property indicates the +status message which was sent out. + ### response.setHeader(name, value) Sets a single header value for implicit headers. If this header already exists |