From 4ce76f99a6c18a3d3f4996533997892737f1449e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: askorupskyy <50280805+rcbxd@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 17:29:39 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat(hono/context): add buffer returns

---
 runtime-tests/node/index.test.ts | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 src/context.ts                   |  6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/runtime-tests/node/index.test.ts b/runtime-tests/node/index.test.ts
index d14bb9618..0e4e8c0a6 100644
--- a/runtime-tests/node/index.test.ts
+++ b/runtime-tests/node/index.test.ts
@@ -247,3 +247,20 @@ describe('compress', async () => {
     expect(res.text).toBe(cssContent)
   })
 })
+
+describe('Buffers', () => {
+  const buffer = Buffer.from('hello')
+  buffer.write('Hello')
+
+  const app = new Hono().get('/', async (c) => {
+    return c.body(buffer)
+  })
+
+  const server = createAdaptorServer(app)
+
+  it('should allow returning buffers', async () => {
+    const res = await request(server).get('/')
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(res.text).toBe('Hello')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/context.ts b/src/context.ts
index a5f6b4c6a..3b6d54047 100644
--- a/src/context.ts
+++ b/src/context.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import type { Buffer } from 'node:buffer'
+
 import { HonoRequest } from './request'
 import type { Result } from './router'
 import type {
@@ -27,9 +29,9 @@ type HeaderRecord =
   | Record<string, string | string[]>
 
 /**
- * Data type can be a string, ArrayBuffer, or ReadableStream.
+ * Data type can be a string, ArrayBuffer, Buffer, or ReadableStream.
  */
-export type Data = string | ArrayBuffer | ReadableStream
+export type Data = string | ArrayBuffer | ReadableStream | Buffer
 
 /**
  * Interface for the execution context in a web worker or similar environment.