The guardRoute function

[Lazar Gubezkis]

I decided to test the guardRoute function, as I plan to use it for user authentication: This is my activate function at shell.js:

            router.map([

                { route: '', moduleId: 'viewmodels/main', nav: true }

            ]).buildNavigationModel();

            router.guardRoute = function (instance, instruction) {

                console.log('Your route is: ' + instruction.config.route);

                return instruction.config.route;

            }

                        

            return router.activate();

When accessing my route, the message "Your route is: " was printed to console, followed by a message "Navigation Redirecting". Then the page got stuck, displaying only the splash loader. What did I do wrong?

Thanks.

[Garry Taylor]

There are two things here.

1) You should make your Guard Route before the standard mapping.

2) You should return true, false or a url to redirect

Because you are returning the config.route (String) this will be noted as a URL and redirect, then hit the guardroute and redirect again then hit the guardroute and redirect then ... think you get the point :)

Try this:

You need to add the config to the Guard Route before the general route config.

            router.guardRoute = function (instance, instruction) {

                console.log('Your route is: ' + instruction.config.route);

                return true;

            }

            router.map([

                { route: '', moduleId: 'viewmodels/main', nav: true }

            ]).buildNavigationModel();

                        

            return router.activate();