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								<h1 align="center">Fastify</h1>
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								## Reply
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								- [Reply](#reply)
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								  - [Introduction](#introduction)
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								  - [.code(statusCode)](#codestatuscode)
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								  - [.statusCode](#statuscode)
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								  - [.server](#server)
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								  - [.header(key, value)](#headerkey-value)
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								      - [set-cookie](#set-cookie)
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								  - [.headers(object)](#headersobject)
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								  - [.getHeader(key)](#getheaderkey)
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								  - [.getHeaders()](#getheaders)
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								  - [.removeHeader(key)](#removeheaderkey)
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								  - [.hasHeader(key)](#hasheaderkey)
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								  - [.trailer(key, function)](#trailerkey-function)
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								  - [.hasTrailer(key)](#hastrailerkey)
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								  - [.removeTrailer(key)](#removetrailerkey)
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								  - [.redirect([code,] dest)](#redirectcode--dest)
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								  - [.callNotFound()](#callnotfound)
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								  - [.getResponseTime()](#getresponsetime)
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								  - [.type(contentType)](#typecontenttype)
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								  - [.serializer(func)](#serializerfunc)
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								  - [.raw](#raw)
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								  - [.sent](#sent)
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								  - [.hijack()](#hijack)
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								  - [.send(data)](#senddata)
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								    - [Objects](#objects)
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								    - [Strings](#strings)
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								    - [Streams](#streams)
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								    - [Buffers](#buffers)
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								    - [Errors](#errors)
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								    - [Type of the final payload](#type-of-the-final-payload)
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								    - [Async-Await and Promises](#async-await-and-promises)
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								  - [.then(fulfilled, rejected)](#thenfulfilled-rejected)
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								### Introduction
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								<a id="introduction"></a>
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								The second parameter of the handler function is `Reply`. Reply is a core Fastify
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								object that exposes the following functions and properties:
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								- `.code(statusCode)` - Sets the status code.
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								- `.status(statusCode)` - An alias for `.code(statusCode)`.
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								- `.statusCode` - Read and set the HTTP status code.
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								- `.server` - A reference to the fastify instance object.
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								- `.header(name, value)` - Sets a response header.
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								- `.headers(object)` - Sets all the keys of the object as response headers.
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								- `.getHeader(name)` - Retrieve value of already set header.
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								- `.getHeaders()` - Gets a shallow copy of all current response headers.
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								- `.removeHeader(key)` - Remove the value of a previously set header.
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								- `.hasHeader(name)` - Determine if a header has been set.
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								- `.trailer(key, function)` - Sets a response trailer.
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								- `.hasTrailer(key)` - Determine if a trailer has been set.
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								- `.removeTrailer(key)` - Remove the value of a previously set trailer.
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								- `.type(value)` - Sets the header `Content-Type`.
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								- `.redirect([code,] dest)` - Redirect to the specified url, the status code is
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								  optional (default to `302`).
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								- `.callNotFound()` - Invokes the custom not found handler.
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								- `.serialize(payload)` - Serializes the specified payload using the default
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								  JSON serializer or using the custom serializer (if one is set) and returns the
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								  serialized payload.
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								- `.serializer(function)` - Sets a custom serializer for the payload.
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								- `.send(payload)` - Sends the payload to the user, could be a plain text, a
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								  buffer, JSON, stream, or an Error object.
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								- `.sent` - A boolean value that you can use if you need to know if `send` has
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								  already been called.
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								- `.raw` - The
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								  [`http.ServerResponse`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v14.x/docs/api/http.html#http_class_http_serverresponse)
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								  from Node core.
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								- `.res` *(deprecated, use `.raw` instead)* - The
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								  [`http.ServerResponse`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v14.x/docs/api/http.html#http_class_http_serverresponse)
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								  from Node core.
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								- `.log` - The logger instance of the incoming request.
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								- `.request` - The incoming request.
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								- `.context` - Access the [Request's context](./Request.md) property.
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								```js
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								fastify.get('/', options, function (request, reply) {
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								  // Your code
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								  reply
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								    .code(200)
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								    .header('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=utf-8')
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								    .send({ hello: 'world' })
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								})
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								```
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								Additionally, `Reply` provides access to the context of the request:
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								```js
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								fastify.get('/', {config: {foo: 'bar'}}, function (request, reply) {
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								  reply.send('handler config.foo = ' + reply.context.config.foo)
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								})
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								```
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								### .code(statusCode)
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								<a id="code"></a>
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								If not set via `reply.code`, the resulting `statusCode` will be `200`.
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								### .statusCode
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								<a id="statusCode"></a>
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								This property reads and sets the HTTP status code. It is an alias for
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								`reply.code()` when used as a setter.
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								```js
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								if (reply.statusCode >= 299) {
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								  reply.statusCode = 500
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								}
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								```
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								### .server
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								<a id="server"></a>
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								The Fastify server instance, scoped to the current [encapsulation
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								context](./Encapsulation.md).
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								```js
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								fastify.decorate('util', function util () {
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								  return 'foo'
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								})
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								fastify.get('/', async function (req, rep) {
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								  return rep.server.util() // foo
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								})
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								```
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								### .header(key, value)
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								<a id="header"></a>
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								Sets a response header. If the value is omitted or undefined, it is coerced to
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								`''`.
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								For more information, see
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								[`http.ServerResponse#setHeader`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v14.x/docs/api/http.html#http_response_setheader_name_value).
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								- ### set-cookie
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								  <a id="set-cookie"></a>
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								    - When sending different values as a cookie with `set-cookie` as the key,
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								      every value will be sent as a cookie instead of replacing the previous
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								      value.
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								    ```js
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								    reply.header('set-cookie', 'foo');
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								    reply.header('set-cookie', 'bar');
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								    ```
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								  - The browser will only consider the latest reference of a key for the
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								    `set-cookie` header. This is done to avoid parsing the `set-cookie` header
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								    when added to a reply and speeds up the serialization of the reply.
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								    `reply.removeHeader('set-cookie')`, read more about `.removeHeader(key)`
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								    [here](#removeheaderkey).
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								### .headers(object)
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								Sets all the keys of the object as response headers.
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								[`.header`](#headerkey-value) will be called under the hood.
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								```js
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								reply.headers({
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								  'x-foo': 'foo',
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								  'x-bar': 'bar'
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								### .getHeader(key)
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								<a id="getHeader"></a>
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								Retrieves the value of a previously set header.
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								```js
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								reply.header('x-foo', 'foo') // setHeader: key, value
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								reply.getHeader('x-foo') // 'foo'
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								### .getHeaders()
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								Gets a shallow copy of all current response headers, including those set via the
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								raw `http.ServerResponse`. Note that headers set via Fastify take precedence
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								over those set via `http.ServerResponse`.
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								```js
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								reply.header('x-foo', 'foo')
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								reply.header('x-bar', 'bar')
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								reply.getHeaders() // { 'x-foo': 'foo', 'x-bar': 'bar' }
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								### .removeHeader(key)
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								<a id="getHeader"></a>
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								Remove the value of a previously set header.
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								reply.header('x-foo', 'foo')
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								reply.removeHeader('x-foo')
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								Returns a boolean indicating if the specified header has been set.
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								### .trailer(key, function)
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								Sets a response trailer. Trailer usually used when you want some header that require heavy resources to be sent after the `data`, for example `Server-Timing`, `Etag`. It can ensure the client get the response data as soon as possible.
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								*Note: The header `Transfer-Encoding: chunked` will be added once you use the trailer. It is a hard requipment for using trailer in Node.js.*
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								*Note: Currently, the computation function only supports synchronous function. That means `async-await` and `promise` are not supported.*
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								```js
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								reply.trailer('server-timing', function() {
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								  return 'db;dur=53, app;dur=47.2'
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								// trailer function also recieve two argument
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								// @param {object} reply fastify reply
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								  hash.update(payload)
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								### .hasTrailer(key)
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								<a id="hasTrailer"></a>
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								### .removeTrailer(key)
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								<a id="removeTrailer"></a>
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								Remove the value of a previously set trailer.
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								reply.trailer('server-timing', function() {
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								### .redirect([code ,] dest)
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								Redirects a request to the specified URL, the status code is optional, default
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								to `302` (if status code is not already set by calling `code`).
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								Example (no `reply.code()` call) sets status code to `302` and redirects to
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`/home`
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								reply.redirect('/home')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								Example (no `reply.code()` call) sets status code to `303` and redirects to
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`/home`
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								reply.redirect(303, '/home')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								Example (`reply.code()` call) sets status code to `303` and redirects to `/home`
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								reply.code(303).redirect('/home')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								Example (`reply.code()` call) sets status code to `302` and redirects to `/home`
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								reply.code(303).redirect(302, '/home')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### .callNotFound()
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								<a id="call-not-found"></a>
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								Invokes the custom not found handler. Note that it will only call `preHandler`
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								hook specified in [`setNotFoundHandler`](./Server.md#set-not-found-handler).
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								reply.callNotFound()
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### .getResponseTime()
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								<a id="getResponseTime"></a>
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								Invokes the custom response time getter to calculate the amount of time passed
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								since the request was started.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								Note that unless this function is called in the [`onResponse`
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								hook](./Hooks.md#onresponse) it will always return `0`.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								const milliseconds = reply.getResponseTime()
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### .type(contentType)
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								<a id="type"></a>
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								Sets the content type for the response. This is a shortcut for
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`reply.header('Content-Type', 'the/type')`.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								reply.type('text/html')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### .serializer(func)
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								<a id="serializer"></a>
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`.send()` will by default JSON-serialize any value that is not one of: `Buffer`,
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`stream`, `string`, `undefined`, `Error`. If you need to replace the default
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								serializer with a custom serializer for a particular request, you can do so with
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								the `.serializer()` utility. Be aware that if you are using a custom serializer,
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								you must set a custom `'Content-Type'` header.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								reply
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  .header('Content-Type', 'application/x-protobuf')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  .serializer(protoBuf.serialize)
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								Note that you don't need to use this utility inside a `handler` because Buffers,
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								streams, and strings (unless a serializer is set) are considered to already be
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								serialized.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								reply
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  .header('Content-Type', 'application/x-protobuf')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  .send(protoBuf.serialize(data))
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								See [`.send()`](#send) for more information on sending different types of
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								values.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### .raw
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								<a id="raw"></a>
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								This is the
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								[`http.ServerResponse`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v14.x/docs/api/http.html#http_class_http_serverresponse)
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								from Node core. Whilst you are using the Fastify `Reply` object, the use of
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`Reply.raw` functions is at your own risk as you are skipping all the Fastify
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								logic of handling the HTTP response. e.g.:
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								app.get('/cookie-2', (req, reply) => {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  reply.setCookie('session', 'value', { secure: false }) // this will not be used
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  // in this case we are using only the nodejs http server response object
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  reply.raw.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' })
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  reply.raw.write('ok')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  reply.raw.end()
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								})
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								Another example of the misuse of `Reply.raw` is explained in
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								[Reply](#getheaders).
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### .sent
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								<a id="sent"></a>
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								As the name suggests, `.sent` is a property to indicate if a response has been
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								sent via `reply.send()`.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								In case a route handler is defined as an async function or it returns a promise,
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								it is possible to set `reply.sent = true` to indicate that the automatic
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								invocation of `reply.send()` once the handler promise resolve should be skipped.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								By setting `reply.sent = true`, an application claims full responsibility for
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								the low-level request and response. Moreover, hooks will not be invoked.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								As an example:
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								app.get('/', (req, reply) => {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  reply.sent = true
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  reply.raw.end('hello world')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  return Promise.resolve('this will be skipped')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								})
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								If the handler rejects, the error will be logged.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### .hijack()
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								<a id="hijack"></a>
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								Sometimes you might need to halt the execution of the normal request lifecycle
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								and handle sending the response manually.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								To achieve this, Fastify provides the `reply.hijack()` method that can be called
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								during the request lifecycle (At any point before `reply.send()` is called), and
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								allows you to prevent Fastify from sending the response, and from running the
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								remaining hooks (and user handler if the reply was hijacked before).
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								NB (*): If `reply.raw` is used to send a response back to the user, `onResponse`
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								hooks will still be executed
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### .send(data)
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								<a id="send"></a>
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								As the name suggests, `.send()` is the function that sends the payload to the
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								end user.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								#### Objects
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								<a id="send-object"></a>
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								As noted above, if you are sending JSON objects, `send` will serialize the
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								object with
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								[fast-json-stringify](https://www.npmjs.com/package/fast-json-stringify) if you
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								set an output schema, otherwise, `JSON.stringify()` will be used.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								fastify.get('/json', options, function (request, reply) {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  reply.send({ hello: 'world' })
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								})
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								#### Strings
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								<a id="send-string"></a>
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								If you pass a string to `send` without a `Content-Type`, it will be sent as
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`text/plain; charset=utf-8`. If you set the `Content-Type` header and pass a
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								string to `send`, it will be serialized with the custom serializer if one is
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								set, otherwise, it will be sent unmodified (unless the `Content-Type` header is
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								set to `application/json; charset=utf-8`, in which case it will be
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								JSON-serialized like an object — see the section above).
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								fastify.get('/json', options, function (request, reply) {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  reply.send('plain string')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								})
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								#### Streams
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								<a id="send-streams"></a>
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								*send* can also handle streams out of the box. If you are sending a stream and
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								you have not set a `'Content-Type'` header, *send* will set it at
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`'application/octet-stream'`.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								fastify.get('/streams', function (request, reply) {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  const fs = require('fs')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  const stream = fs.createReadStream('some-file', 'utf8')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  reply.send(stream)
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								})
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								#### Buffers
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								<a id="send-buffers"></a>
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								If you are sending a buffer and you have not set a `'Content-Type'` header,
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								*send* will set it to `'application/octet-stream'`.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								const fs = require('fs')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								fastify.get('/streams', function (request, reply) {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  fs.readFile('some-file', (err, fileBuffer) => {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								    reply.send(err || fileBuffer)
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  })
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								})
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								#### Errors
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								<a id="errors"></a>
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								If you pass to *send* an object that is an instance of *Error*, Fastify will
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								automatically create an error structured as the following:
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								{
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  error: String        // the HTTP error message
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  code: String         // the Fastify error code
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  message: String      // the user error message
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  statusCode: Number   // the HTTP status code
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								}
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								You can add custom properties to the Error object, such as `headers`, that will
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								be used to enhance the HTTP response.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								*Note: If you are passing an error to `send` and the statusCode is less than
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								400, Fastify will automatically set it at 500.*
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								Tip: you can simplify errors by using the
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								[`http-errors`](https://npm.im/http-errors) module or
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								[`@fastify/sensible`](https://github.com/fastify/fastify-sensible) plugin to
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								generate errors:
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								fastify.get('/', function (request, reply) {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  reply.send(httpErrors.Gone())
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								})
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								To customize the JSON error output you can do it by:
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								- setting a response JSON schema for the status code you need
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								- add the additional properties to the `Error` instance
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								Notice that if the returned status code is not in the response schema list, the
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								default behaviour will be applied.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								fastify.get('/', {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  schema: {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								    response: {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								      501: {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								        type: 'object',
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								        properties: {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								          statusCode: { type: 'number' },
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								          code: { type: 'string' },
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								          error: { type: 'string' },
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								          message: { type: 'string' },
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								          time: { type: 'string' }
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								        }
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								      }
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								    }
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  }
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								}, function (request, reply) {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  const error = new Error('This endpoint has not been implemented')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  error.time = 'it will be implemented in two weeks'
							 | 
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								  reply.code(501).send(error)
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								})
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								```
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								If you want to customize error handling, check out
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								[`setErrorHandler`](./Server.md#seterrorhandler) API.
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								*Note: you are responsible for logging when customizing the error handler*
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								API:
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								```js
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								fastify.setErrorHandler(function (error, request, reply) {
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								  request.log.warn(error)
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								  var statusCode = error.statusCode >= 400 ? error.statusCode : 500
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								  reply
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								    .code(statusCode)
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								    .type('text/plain')
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								    .send(statusCode >= 500 ? 'Internal server error' : error.message)
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								})
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								```
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								The not found errors generated by the router will use the
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								[`setNotFoundHandler`](./Server.md#setnotfoundhandler)
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								 | 
							
								
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								API:
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								 | 
							
								
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								```js
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								fastify.setNotFoundHandler(function (request, reply) {
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								  reply
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								    .code(404)
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								    .type('text/plain')
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								    .send('a custom not found')
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								})
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						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
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								 | 
							
								
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						||
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								#### Type of the final payload
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								<a id="payload-type"></a>
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								 | 
							
								
							 | 
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								 | 
							
								The type of the sent payload (after serialization and going through any
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								[`onSend` hooks](./Hooks.md#onsend)) must be one of the following
							 | 
						||
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								 | 
							
								types, otherwise, an error will be thrown:
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								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
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								- `string`
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								- `Buffer`
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| 
								 | 
							
								- `stream`
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								- `undefined`
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								- `null`
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								#### Async-Await and Promises
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								<a id="async-await-promise"></a>
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								Fastify natively handles promises and supports async-await.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								*Note that in the following examples we are not using reply.send.*
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								const delay = promisify(setTimeout)
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								fastify.get('/promises', options, function (request, reply) {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								 return delay(200).then(() => { return { hello: 'world' }})
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								})
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								fastify.get('/async-await', options, async function (request, reply) {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  await delay(200)
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  return { hello: 'world' }
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								})
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								Rejected promises default to a `500` HTTP status code. Reject the promise, or
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`throw` in an `async function`, with an object that has `statusCode` (or
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`status`) and `message` properties to modify the reply.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								fastify.get('/teapot', async function (request, reply) {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  const err = new Error()
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  err.statusCode = 418
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  err.message = 'short and stout'
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  throw err
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								})
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								fastify.get('/botnet', async function (request, reply) {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  throw { statusCode: 418, message: 'short and stout' }
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  // will return to the client the same json
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								})
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								If you want to know more please review
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								[Routes#async-await](./Routes.md#async-await).
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### .then(fulfilled, rejected)
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								<a id="then"></a>
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								As the name suggests, a `Reply` object can be awaited upon, i.e. `await reply`
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								will wait until the reply is sent. The `await` syntax calls the `reply.then()`.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`reply.then(fulfilled, rejected)` accepts two parameters:
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								- `fulfilled` will be called when a response has been fully sent,
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								- `rejected` will be called if the underlying stream had an error, e.g. the
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  socket has been destroyed.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								For more details, see:
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								- https://github.com/fastify/fastify/issues/1864 for the discussion about this
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  feature
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								- https://promisesaplus.com/ for the definition of thenables
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise/then
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  for the signature
							 |