Options http method missing in http_methods.js

[mtrunkat]

List of http methods -

https://github.com/iron-meteor/iron-router/blob/devel/lib/http_methods.js

contains only the most used (get, post, put, delete, patch). Options method is needed for browser preflight request, see -

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Access_control_CORS#Preflighted_requests .

Is there any reason to don't add it into the iron router?

Currently is possible to implement this method via

Router.route('/route', function() { ..implement everything here.. });

but without having this method in file mentioned above it's not possible to do it in more convenient way

Router
  .route('/route')
  .get(function() { ..one method here.. })
  .patch(function() { ..patch method here.. })

Thanks!

[javascriptlove]

Was searching for a reason too, apparently it happens that Route has an options property which is/might be used by all the plugins and maybe even on some production services, so that property name is taken. As a temporarily solution, i used something like:

Iron.Route.prototype.on = function(method, fn) {
    // track the method being used for OPTIONS requests.
    this._methods[method] = true;

    this._actionStack.push(this._path, fn, {
        // give each method a unique name so it doesn't clash with the route's
        // name in the action stack
        name: this.getName() + '_' + method.toLowerCase(),
        method: method,

        // for now just make the handler where the same as the route, presumably a
        // server route.
        where: this.handler.where,
        mount: false
    });

    return this;
};

Router.route('myroute', {
  path: '/test',
  where: 'server')
}).on('options', function() {
  // handle your options method here
});

[macroramesh6]

would be great if this feature is implemented in next version