returning data from server to an ajax request sent in client side javascript

Question

Node.js web server
Request handler in web server

app.get('/documents/:id.:format?', function(req, res) {
   **dataTobeSentToClientSideJavaScript** = processRequest (req);
   ... 
})

ajax request from client side javascript

var request = $.ajax({
url: "/documents/xxx",
});
request.done(handleResponse);

I am able to receive the request on server side

What code should be written on server side so that I can populate the "handleRespone" object expected in my ajax request above with dataTobeSentToClientSideJavaScript created on server side?

It helps : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6011984/basic-ajax-send-receive-with-node-js — gaurav jain, Feb 10 '13 at 20:34

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 10 '13 at 13:56

You want to use methods exposed by the response object such as res.write, res.end or res.json

take a look at http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_class_http_serverresponse (Node.js API)

and since you're using Express - http://expressjs.com/api.html#res.status

returning data from server to an ajax request sent in client side javascript

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