SailsJs res.render vs res.view

Question

I'm trying to use SailsJs to make a simple authentication web app with PassportJs + EJS template engine.

This is my code in the AuthenController.coffee

processSignin: (req, res) ->
  passport.authenticate('local', (err, user, info) ->
    if err or not user
      return res.view('auth/signin', message:'failed')
    req.logIn user, (err) ->
      return res.view('auth/signin', message:'failed') if err
      res.redirect '/'
  ) req, res
  return

If I use: res.render('/auth/login', { message:'err' })

the browser only return HTML code of the login.ejs

If I use: res.view('/auth/login', { message:'err' }) then it return login.ejs code wrapped in the layout.ejs's <%-body%>

Any explanation for this different? Is it a new feature of Sails or built-in of Express? Where I can find documents about this?

Answer 1

res.render is an expressJS method, while res.view is a SailsJs method. The latter wraps the requested view in the default layout unless a different layout is requested. So you'll have to decide whether you want just the compiled template you're requesting (res.render) or the more complete view (res.view).