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Expand Up @@ -33,4 +33,24 @@ req.accepts(['html', 'json'])
// => "json"
```

#### Example

```js
app.get('/resource', function (req, res) {
// Check which response type the client prefers
const type = req.accepts(['json', 'html'])

if (type === 'json') {
return res.json({ message: 'Hello world' })
}

if (type === 'html') {
return res.send('<p>Hello world</p>')
}

// If none of the supported types are acceptable
res.status(406).send('Not Acceptable')
})


For more information, or if you have issues or concerns, see [accepts](https://github.com/expressjs/accepts).
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