Router.render() disappeared in 7, where did it go?

[mattbishop]

In Restify 6 one could pull up a named templated URI and replace the params with values to construct a URI. This was great for hypermedia APIs that create links to other resources.

This code was deleted in 7 (see 8283277) and I've looked everywhere for it's replacement.

Hints?

[retrohacker]

Hey @mattbishop,

I'm not sure what this is asking for, would you mind giving a code snippet of the original pattern?

[mattbishop]

Go to your User Guide: https://restify.github.io/docs/home/

Then scroll down to the Hypermedia section. This is missing in version 7.

[NShahri]

@retrohacker
Today I tried to upgrade from Restify 6 to 7 and I realised server.router.render is undefined. As @mattbishop mentioned in user guide it is used in Hypermedia section. Also I could not find anything in API section of user guide.

[DonutEspresso]

Thanks for the report, folks. FYI, in 7.x the homegrown router was replaced by find-my-way.

@hekike it looks like we kept support for named routes even in 7.x, I think it would be possible to restore this functionality. Is there any reason we couldn't do so?

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[NShahri]

@DonutEspresso
Any luck about this issue.

[balexandre]

version 6 method: https://github.com/restify/node-restify/blob/v6.4.0/lib/router.js#L224

[balexandre]

@hekike @DonutEspresso brought it back on a PR... feel free to verify it :)

[tdd]

@hekike @DonutEspresso this sudden disappearance of render(), which is critical to hypermedia links and remains pimped in your docs through the Getting started guide, is super-annoying.

I'm building some of the material for my Node training class on Restify and not having it is a roadblock. I'll need to monkey-patch the router, which is less than ideal. Please look at the #1702 PR from @balexandre, I can only hope this gets merged and published ASAP!

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