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sails.getUrlFor()
Look up the first route pointing at the specified target (e.g. entrance/view-login) and return its URL.
sails.getUrlFor(target);
Usage
#| Argument | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | target | The route target string; e.g. entrance/view-login or PageController.login |
Returns
#Type:
'/login'
Example
#In a view...
<a href="<%= sails.getUrlFor('entrance/view-login') %>">Login</a>
<a href="<%= sails.getUrlFor('entrance/view-signup') %>">Signup</a>
Or, if you're using traditional controllers:
<a href="<%= sails.getUrlFor('PageController.login') %>">Login</a>
<a href="<%= sails.getUrlFor('PageController.signup') %>">Signup</a>
Notes
#
- This function searches the Sails app's explicitly configured routes,
sails.config.routes. Shadow routes bound by hooks (including blueprint routes) will not be matched.- If a matching target cannot be found, this function throws an
E_NOT_FOUNDerror (i.e. if you catch the error and check itscodeproperty, it will be the stringE_NOT_FOUND).- If more than one route matches the specified target, the first match is returned.
- The HTTP method (or "verb") from the route address is ignored, if relevant.
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Reference
- Blueprint API
- Command-line interface
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Configuration
- sails.config.*
- sails.config.blueprints
- sails.config.bootstrap()
- sails.config.custom
- sails.config.datastores
- sails.config.globals
- sails.config.http
- sails.config.i18n
- sails.config.log
- sails.config.models
- sails.config.policies
- sails.config.routes
- sails.config.security
- sails.config.session
- sails.config.sockets
- sails.config.views
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Request (`req`)
- req._startTime
- req.body
- req.cookies
- req.fresh
- req.headers
- req.hostname
- req.ip
- req.ips
- req.isSocket
- req.method
- req.options
- req.originalUrl
- req.params
- req.path
- req.protocol
- req.query
- req.secure
- req.signedCookies
- req.socket
- req.subdomains
- req.url
- req.wantsJSON
- req.xhr
- req.accepts()
- req.acceptsCharsets()
- req.acceptsLanguages()
- req.allParams()
- req.file()
- req.get()
- req.is()
- req.param()
- req.setLocale()
- req.setTimeout()
- req.host
- Response (`res`)
- Waterline (ORM)
- WebSockets
Reference
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