Method set_data

src/werkzeug/wrappers/response.py:289–300

Sets a new string as response. The value must be a string or bytes. If a string is set it's encoded to the charset of the response (utf-8 by default). .. versionadded:: 0.9

(self, value: bytes | str)

        return rv

    def set_data(self, value: bytes | str) -> None:
        """Sets a new string as response.  The value must be a string or
        bytes. If a string is set it's encoded to the charset of the
        response (utf-8 by default).

        .. versionadded:: 0.9
        """
        if isinstance(value, str):
            value = value.encode()
        self.response = [value]
        if self.automatically_set_content_length:
            self.headers["Content-Length"] = str(len(value))

    data = property(
        get_data,