Added Express.status() and specs

lib/express.core.js

@@ -2,7 +2,29 @@
 (function(){
   Express = { 
     version : '0.0.1',
-    headers : {},
+    response : { 
+      status : 200,
+      headers : {},
+      statuses : {
+        'ok'                 : 200,
+        'created'            : 201,
+        'accepted'           : 202,
+        'no content'         : 204,
+        'reset content'      : 205,
+        'partial content'    : 206,
+        'moved permanently'  : 301,
+        'found'              : 302,
+        'see other'          : 303,
+        'not modified'       : 304,
+        'use proxy'          : 305,
+        'switch proxy'       : 306,
+        'temporary redirect' : 307,
+        'bad request'        : 400,
+        'unauthorized'       : 401,
+        'forbidden'          : 403,
+        'not found'          : 404
+      }
+    },
     
     /**
      * Start express, binding to _port_.
@@ -35,6 +57,19 @@
       }
     },
     
+    /**
+     * Set response status to _value_. Where value may be
+     * a case-insensitive string such as 'Not Found', 'forbidden',
+     * or a numeric HTTP response status code.
+     *
+     * @param  {int, string} value
+     * @api public
+     */
+    
+    status : function(value) {
+      this.response.status = this.response.statuses[value.toString().toLowerCase()] || value
+    },
+    
     /**
      * Sets _name_ header to _value_. When _value_
      * is not present the value of the header _name_
@@ -46,7 +81,8 @@
      */
     
     header : function(name, value) {
-      return value ? this.headers[name] = value : this.headers[name]
+      return value ? this.response.headers[name] = value :
+               this.response.headers[name]
     },
     
     /**

spec/spec.core.js

@@ -18,4 +18,25 @@ describe 'Express'
       Express.header('Content-Type').should.eql 'text/html'
     end
   end
+  
+  describe '.status()'
+    after_each
+      Express.response.status = 200
+    end
+    
+    it 'should set response status code by number'
+      Express.status(404)
+      Express.response.status.should.eql 404
+    end
+    
+    it 'should set using the status string map'
+      Express.status('Not Found')
+      Express.response.status.should.eql 404
+    end
+    
+    it 'should be case insensitive'
+      Express.status('forbidden')
+      Express.response.status.should.eql 403
+    end
+  end
 end