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title: 'API docs: rest.handlercontext'
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[Home](./index.md) &gt; [@loopback/rest](./rest.md) &gt; [HandlerContext](./rest.handlercontext.md)

## HandlerContext interface

An object holding HTTP request, response and other data needed to handle an incoming HTTP request.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
export interface HandlerContext 
```

## Properties

|  Property | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  [request](./rest.handlercontext.request.md) | <code>Request</code> |  |
|  [response](./rest.handlercontext.response.md) | <code>Response</code> |  |