res.send(), then res.redirect()
express, node.js
Solution
You can use a status code to indicate that your task was saved and then redirect. Try this:
res.status(200);
res.redirect('/');
OR
res.redirect(200, '/');
Because AJAX knows success or failure codes, so for example if you'll send 404, AJAX success function won't execute
Problem
Why is the following not working? ``` res.send({ successMessage: 'Task saved successfully.' }); res.redirect('/'); ``` I basically need the successMessage for AJAX requests. The redirect is necessary when the request is a standard post request (non-AJAX). The following approach doesn't seem to be very clean to me as I don't want to care about the frontend-technology in my backend: ``` if(req.xhr) { res.contentType('json'); res.send({ successMessage: 'Aufgabe erfolgreich gespeichert.' }); } else { res.redirect('/'); } ```