# Response

While Slush automatically converts dictionaries into JSON responses, the `Response` class allows you to customize responses when needed.

## Basic Usage

```python
from slush.core.response import Response

@app.route("/hello", methods=["GET"])
def hello(request):
    return Response(body={"message": "Hello from Slush"}, status=200)
```

## Automatic JSON Responses

You can simply return a dictionary:

```python
@app.route("/hello", methods=["GET"])
def hello(request):
    return {"message": "Hello"}
```

Slush automatically converts it to a JSON response.

## Response Types

### JSON Response

```python
Response.json({"key": "value"})
```

### Text Response

```python
Response.text("Hello world")
```

### HTML Response

```python
Response.html("<h1>Hello</h1>")
```

## Custom Status Codes

```python
Response({"message": "Created"}, status=201)
```

## Setting Headers

```python
res = Response.text("Hello")
res.set_header("X-Custom", "value")
return res
```

## Setting Cookies

```python
res = Response.text("cookie set")
res.set_cookie("session_id", "abc123")
return res
```

## Redirects

```python
return Response.redirect("/hello")
```

## Summary

The `Response` object allows you to:

* Return JSON, text, or HTML
* Set status codes
* Add headers
* Manage cookies
* Redirect requests

## Next Steps

* Add validation using **Pydantic models**


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