How to get the redirect url and reuse this url to do get operation?

[richzw]

hi Charlie,

When I do a post operation and want to get the new url information from redirection. so I can do the new get operation.
I do not how to do that? Could you please help me?

code:
suite.discuss('now we create a project')
.use('localhost', 3000)
.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
.followRedirect(false)
.path('/projects')
.post( { information : 'good news'})
.expect(302)
.expect('redirect content', function(err, res, body){
...

I know that I can get the url from res.headers.location, but how can I do a get operation with this url??

[richzw]

also if I set .followRedirect(true), I can not get the 200, which mean API-easy can not support it now?

[cronopio]

I guess the quick an easy solution is have a variable and store there the url.

var urlRedir;
suite.discuss('now we create a project')
.use('localhost', 3000)
.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
.followRedirect(false)
.path('/projects')
.post( { information : 'good news'})
.expect(302)
.expect('redirect content', function(err, res, body){
  urlRedir = res.headers.location;
})
.get(urlRedir)

I dont know if suit for you

[richzw]

hi Daniel,

I try your code, but the urlRedir in get() method is undefined.

then I add .next() before .get(urlRedir), however, it does Not work.

any idea for that?

[tomekc]

I have the same problem, I'd like to save some value returned by one query and use it in next query (as a parameter, for example). I came up @cronopio suggestion on my own, but it is not working (variable is undefined).

[cronopio]

I dont what can be. I have a couple of projects doing that and work. Can you share some gist with the code you have?

[richzw]

Thanks @cronopio
I find it can work well with this code

.followRedirect(false)
.path('/projects')
.post({project: { name : 'hf1sp3'

However, I use the following code before and the urlRedir is undefined

.followRedirect(false)
.post('/projects', {project: { name : 'hf1sp3'

I think the two codes are same, but it is not.
why?

[richzw]

@cronopio

I am sorry that I have made some mistakes. the urlRedir is undefined. Both post and get use the same url /projects

For details, please refer to https://gist.github.com/3156327

[ajostergaard]

Switching back to pure vows due to this 'undefined' issue. :-|