balderdashy/sails · error

The 2-ary usage of `res.json()` is no longer supported in Ex

Error message

The 2-ary usage of `res.json()` is no longer supported in Express 4/Sails v1.  Please use `res.status(statusCode).json(body)` instead.

What it means

Error "The 2-ary usage of `res.json()` is no longer supported in Express 4/Sails v1. Please use `res.status(statusCode).json(body)` instead." thrown in balderdashy/sails.

Source

Thrown at lib/router/res.js:299

      } catch (e) {
        if (req._sails && req._sails.log && req._sails.log.error) {
          req._sails.log.error(e);
        }
        else {
          console.error(e);
        }
        res.statusCode = 500;
      }
    }//</if data was defined>

    // End the `res` stream.
    res.end();
  };

  // res.json()
  res.json = res.json || function _jsonShim (data, noLongerSupported) {
    if (!_.isUndefined(noLongerSupported)) {
      throw new Error('The 2-ary usage of `res.json()` is no longer supported in Express 4/Sails v1.  Please use `res.status(statusCode).json(body)` instead.');
    }

    // If data is a string, JSON stringify it.
    // (Otherwise, we can just rely on `send` to do that for us.)
    if (_.isString(data)) {
      data = JSON.stringify(data);
      res.set('content-type', 'application/json');
    }

    return res.status(res.statusCode || 200).send(data);
  };

  // res.render()
  res.render = res.render || function _renderShim (relativeViewPath, locals, cb) {
    if (_.isFunction(locals)) {
      cb = locals;
      locals = {};
    }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/router/res.js:299 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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