I'm programming a reset password system in nodejs JWT. In some functions I dont't really need to send nothing as answer to the frontend, just is important the HTTP Status Code.. But i'm not sure if it's a good practice returning a null value.

CodePudding user response：

Sure, that could work if the status code is the only information you need to convey in the request. There's even an Express method designed for exactly this - to send the status code (and in the body the corresponding message for the code, just in case it's useful, though you're free to ignore it). See res.sendStatus. sendStatus would be a bit more appropriate than .send(null) though.

CodePudding user response：

you can use status code 204 instead

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/204