.. _-mapResponse-:

mapResponse
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Signature
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.. includecode2:: /../../akka-http/src/main/scala/akka/http/scaladsl/server/directives/BasicDirectives.scala
   :snippet: mapResponse

Description
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The ``mapResponse`` directive is used as a building block for :ref:`Custom Directives` to transform a response that
was generated by the inner route. This directive transforms complete responses.

See also :ref:`-mapResponseHeaders-` or :ref:`-mapResponseEntity-` for more specialized variants and
:ref:`Response Transforming Directives` for similar directives.

Example
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.. includecode2:: ../../../../code/docs/http/scaladsl/server/directives/BasicDirectivesExamplesSpec.scala
   :snippet: 0mapResponse