express - Newline at the end of REST API value responses? -

i implemented small rest api expressjs , once provided users (internal admin team) asked have additional newline @ end of each response.

in code:

var app = require('express')(); app.get('/thing/id1', function (req, res) {    res.send('data1'); })

vs:

app.get('/thing/id2', function (req, res) {    res.send("data2\n"); })

the background in case use api via curl

$ > curl -s http://localhost:3000/thing/id1 data1$ >

they want avoid echo have nice output

$ > curl -s http://localhost:3000/thing/id1 ; echo data1 $ >

i hate additional newline in code , feels wrong send along, usecase.

so there argument, best practice or standard follow in regard?

cheers.

i agree @paulabbott – api should serve data, not presentation.

but try res.send("data2\n\r");

some prompts recognize \n newline, , others \r. https://stackoverflow.com/a/1761086/922593

JVParth