Can a SubRouteF concept work?

[TWith2Sugars]

I found my self in a situation using saturnframwork where I needed to "forward" to a url such as "/api/%i"
I started to add forwardf to saturn by looking at how forward was implemented and realized it ultimately called subRoute.

I couldn't find an existing subRouteF functions and I attempted to add it my self (by seeing how subroute and route/routef work) but I really have no idea what I'm doing.

Is this even possible in how giraffe works?

[gerardtoconnor]

Hi,

A subRoute is just a common url stub for a collection of routes with the same prefix eg /api/

If you want to have a /api/%i that will parse after the api, and only one route is using this pattern, it's just a route(f), not a subroute as there is no grouping. If you are grouping routes please provide some examples but from above, and in general, subRouteF doesn't make sense as you cannot group routes by a prefix that is unknown (the unknown format parser)

[TWith2Sugars]

I see, that makes sense. The issue is really down to how I structure my app.

Overall I'm attempting to get saturn's forward to work like it's getf. I'll create an issue there and see if I can figure out to work it.

[gerardtoconnor]

If you are parsing the argument directly after api, instead of having more child routes that you probably do not want to use the "forward" but instead, just a plain getf as is is just one routing function, not many.

[dustinmoris]

In #223 someone had actually a valid use case for subRoutef. A subRoutef http handler has now been added and will be released with the next version of Giraffe.

[TWith2Sugars]

Thanks! I was getting no where trying to add it in saturn.

[TWith2Sugars]

Do you have a roadmap for when the next version is released?

[dustinmoris]

I am aiming for some point this week!