So far, we've only used strings as bodies. Koa supports the following types of bodies:

• Strings
• Buffers
• Streams (node)
• JSON Objects

If the body is not treated as the first three, Koa will assume that you want to send a JSON response, treating REST APIs as first-class citizens.

app.use(function* (next) {
  this.response.body = {
    message: 'this will be sent as a JSON response!'
  };
})

When setting a stream as a body, Koa will automatically add any error handlers so you don't have to worry about error handling.

var fs = require('fs');

app.use(function* (next) {
  this.response.body = fs.createReadStream('some_file.txt');
  // koa will automatically handle errors and leaks
})

Exercise

Create an app that returns a stream when the client requests /stream and a JSON body when the client requests /json.

Bonus

When setting the body of the stream, Koa can't infer the Content-Length of the body. Set the Content-Length header yourself using this.response.length= and the "yieldable" version of fs you've created in exercise 1.