res.redirect unusable in async route handler.

[robinp7720]

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Restify Version: 9.0.0-rc.3
Node.js Version: v16.13.0

Expected behaviour

Redirect shouldn't need the next callback parameter anymore.

Actual behaviour

Impossible to use res.redirect from an async route handler

Repro case

Call res.redirect from an async route handler

Cause

The direct function requires the next callback function to be passed.

Are you willing and able to fix this?

Yes, but I'm not sure how it should be fixed, or if this is even intentional.

[josephharrington]

Thanks for the heads up! Until we can get a fix in, you might be able to work around this in the meantime by doing something like:

async function helloworldRedirect(req, res) {
  return res.redirect('./helloworld', (v) => v);
}

Passing a next function like (v) => v and returning the return value of res.redirect should effectively accomplish the same thing as passing next in a non-async handler if I'm reading the code right.

[carycodes]

Another alternative: use a callback handler that wraps an async function with your actual functionality:

function redirectHandler(req, res, next) {
  redirectHandlerImpl(req)
    .then(url => res.redirect(url, next))
    .catch(next)
}

async function redirectHandlerImpl(req) {
  // do some stuff...
  return url
}

This still feels like a bit of a hack though. Restify needs an official way to invoke redirects from async handlers.