Add ability to return Falsey but not-None from handlers (#2236)

sanic/app.py

@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ class Sanic(BaseSanic, metaclass=TouchUpMeta):
                 if isawaitable(response):
                     response = await response
 
-            if response:
+            if response is not None:
                 response = await request.respond(response)
             elif not hasattr(handler, "is_websocket"):
                 response = request.stream.response  # type: ignore

tests/test_middleware.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from itertools import count
 
 from sanic.exceptions import NotFound
 from sanic.request import Request
-from sanic.response import HTTPResponse, text
+from sanic.response import HTTPResponse, json, text
 
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------ #
@@ -283,3 +283,17 @@ def test_request_middleware_executes_once(app):
 
     request, response = app.test_client.get("/")
     assert next(i) == 3
+
+
+def test_middleware_added_response(app):
+    @app.on_response
+    def display(_, response):
+        response["foo"] = "bar"
+        return json(response)
+
+    @app.get("/")
+    async def handler(request):
+        return {}
+
+    _, response = app.test_client.get("/")
+    assert response.json["foo"] == "bar"