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description: API Routes include a set of Express.js-like methods for the response to help you creating new API endpoints. Learn how it works here.
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# Response Helpers

<details open>
  <summary><b>Examples</b></summary>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="https://github.com/zeit/next.js/tree/canary/examples/api-routes">Basic API Routes</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://github.com/zeit/next.js/tree/canary/examples/api-routes-rest">API Routes with REST</a></li>
  </ul>
</details>

The response (`res`) includes a set of Express.js-like methods to improve the developer experience and increase the speed of creating new API endpoints, take a look at the following example:

```js
export default (req, res) => {
  res.status(200).json({ name: 'Next.js' })
}
```

The included helpers are:

- `res.status(code)` - A function to set the status code. `code` must be a valid [HTTP status code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes)
- `res.json(json)` - Sends a JSON response. `json` must be a valid JSON object
- `res.send(body)` - Sends the HTTP response. `body` can be a `string`, an `object` or a `Buffer`