[COUCHDB-1330] provides() does not supports returning a status code or headers

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.1
• Component/s: JavaScript View Server

Environment

Iris Couch

• Skill Level: New Contributors Level (Easy)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jason Smith
• Created: 03/Nov/11 00:48
• Updated: 02/Sep/18 06:36
• Resolved: 02/Sep/18 06:36

Description

An Iris Couch user lost the ability to redirect from a provides() callback in a show function: http://getsatisfaction.com/iriscouch/topics/_provides_method_not_returning_code_and_headers

This show function no longer works:

function (doc, req) {
provides('html', function () {
return {
headers:

{ Location: 'http://www.iriscouch.com' }

,
code: 302,
body: 'Redirecting to IrisCouch website...'
};
});
}

This looks like a regression from 1.1.0; although there are no unit tests so perhaps strictly speaking it was unsupported functionality. Git bisect places the error at the patch to COUCHDB-1272.