Sanic: How to respond to a boolean type?

[ZeeRoc]

I need to respond directly to True or False. How can I do this? Json, text, raw.... can't

` File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/sanic/server.py", line 337, in write_response
response.output(
AttributeError: 'bool' object has no attribute 'output'

if param == signature:
    return True
else:
    return False

`

[ZeeRoc]

@EdwardBetts @cbess @kolanos @dkruchinin @joar

[mikekeda]

return json(True)

[arnulfojr]

Well, responding with a boolean has a lot of meanings.

• I would recommend better in HTTP Status codes, I'd say that the statuses cover most of the use cases.
• For cases where a body has to be returned, use the following:
  
  
  
  • json Content-Type, as @mikekeda said.
  
  
  • use response.text and return 0 or 1 or true or false??
  
  
  • If you need raw output, have you considered response.raw?
  
  

At the end of the day, boolean is a bit... and a (decimal or string) representation is what you see. If you really want to send a 1 bit, then I think you're better off with another internet protocol??

import ujson

from sanic import response

@bp.route('/data', methods=['GET'])
async def some_call(request):
    value = True
    return response.text(f'{value}')

    # or
    return response.text(ujson.dumps(value))

    # or using json
    return response.json(value)

    # using raw (HTTP is text based) so...
    # but this wont have encoding...
    return response.raw(f'{value}')

https://sanic.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sanic/response.html