Can you return a file buffer a route handler?

Question

Is it possible to return a file in a route.ts? For example I am using easy-template-x to create a document and would like to return it in a route, if this isn't possible I can come up with another solution export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic' // defaults to auto
import * as fs from 'fs';
import { TemplateHandler } from 'easy-template-x';

export async function GET(request: Request) {

const templateFile = fs.readFileSync('my-template.docx');

const data = {
        FirstName: 'Bob',
        LastName: 'Jones',
    };

const handler = new TemplateHandler();
    const doc = await handler.process(templateFile, data);
    fs.writeFileSync('myTemplate - output.docx', doc);

return Response.json({ hello: 'world' }) // Return here
}

Ray · Accepted Answer

yes, try thisimport fs from "fs";
import { TemplateHandler } from "easy-template-x";

export async function GET(request: Request) {
  const templateFile = await fs.promises.readFile("my-template.docx");

const data = {
    FirstName: "Bob",
    LastName: "Jones",
  };

const handler = new TemplateHandler();
  const doc = await handler.process(templateFile, data);
  await fs.promises.writeFile("myTemplate - output.docx", doc);

return new Response(doc, {
    headers: {
      "Content-disposition": "attachment; filename=myTemplate - output.docx",
    },
  });
}

Can you return a file buffer a route handler?

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