Return Types

Handlers in Xink can return several different types of values. These are automatically normalized into proper HTTP responses.

• JSX → rendered to HTML (text/html)
• string / number → returned as text/plain
• object → returned as application/json
• Response → passed through as‑is
• null / undefined → 204 No Content

JSX

Returns an HTML response.

export const GET = (() => {
  return <h1>Hello from JSX!</h1>
})

Text and Numbers

Returns a text/plain response. Numbers are converted to strings.

export const GET = () => 'Ok'

export const GET = () => 42

JSON

Returns an application/json response.

export const GET = () => {
  return {
    "message": "Welcome to xink!"
  }
}

Response

You can also return a raw Response if you need full control.

export const GET = (() => {
  return new Response("Custom", { status: 202 })
})

No Content

Returning null or undefined results in a 204 No Content response.

export const GET = (() => null)