response.redirect: extract special-cased back

lib/context.js

@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ delegate(proto, 'response')
   .method('set')
   .method('append')
   .method('flushHeaders')
+  .method('back')
   .access('status')
   .access('message')
   .access('body')

lib/response.js

@@ -239,25 +239,17 @@ module.exports = {
   /**
    * Perform a 302 redirect to `url`.
    *
-   * The string "back" is special-cased
-   * to provide Referrer support, when Referrer
-   * is not present `alt` or "/" is used.
-   *
    * Examples:
    *
-   *    this.redirect('back');
-   *    this.redirect('back', '/index.html');
    *    this.redirect('/login');
    *    this.redirect('http://google.com');
    *
    * @param {String} url
-   * @param {String} [alt]
    * @api public
    */
 
-  redirect(url, alt) {
+  redirect(url) {
     // location
-    if ('back' == url) url = this.ctx.get('Referrer') || alt || '/';
     this.set('Location', url);
 
     // status
@@ -276,6 +268,24 @@ module.exports = {
     this.body = `Redirecting to ${url}.`;
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Perform a special-cased "back" to provide Referrer support.
+   * When Referrer is not present, `alt` or "/" is used.
+   *
+   * Examples:
+   *
+   *    ctx.back()
+   *    ctx.back('/index.html')
+   *
+   * @param {String} [alt]
+   * @api public
+   */
+
+  back(alt) {
+    const url = this.ctx.get('Referrer') || alt || '/';
+    this.redirect(url);
+  },
+
   /**
    * Set Content-Disposition header to "attachment" with optional `filename`.
    *

test/response/back.js

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+
+'use strict';
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const context = require('../helpers/context');
+
+describe('ctx.back([alt])', () => {
+  it('should redirect to Referrer', () => {
+    const ctx = context();
+    ctx.req.headers.referrer = '/login';
+    ctx.back();
+    assert.equal(ctx.response.header.location, '/login');
+  });
+
+  it('should redirect to Referer', () => {
+    const ctx = context();
+    ctx.req.headers.referer = '/login';
+    ctx.back();
+    assert.equal(ctx.response.header.location, '/login');
+  });
+
+  it('should default to alt', () => {
+    const ctx = context();
+    ctx.back('/index.html');
+    assert.equal(ctx.response.header.location, '/index.html');
+  });
+
+  it('should default redirect to /', () => {
+    const ctx = context();
+    ctx.back();
+    assert.equal(ctx.response.header.location, '/');
+  });
+});

test/response/redirect.js

@@ -12,34 +12,6 @@ describe('ctx.redirect(url)', () => {
     assert.equal(ctx.status, 302);
   });
 
-  describe('with "back"', () => {
-    it('should redirect to Referrer', () => {
-      const ctx = context();
-      ctx.req.headers.referrer = '/login';
-      ctx.redirect('back');
-      assert.equal(ctx.response.header.location, '/login');
-    });
-
-    it('should redirect to Referer', () => {
-      const ctx = context();
-      ctx.req.headers.referer = '/login';
-      ctx.redirect('back');
-      assert.equal(ctx.response.header.location, '/login');
-    });
-
-    it('should default to alt', () => {
-      const ctx = context();
-      ctx.redirect('back', '/index.html');
-      assert.equal(ctx.response.header.location, '/index.html');
-    });
-
-    it('should default redirect to /', () => {
-      const ctx = context();
-      ctx.redirect('back');
-      assert.equal(ctx.response.header.location, '/');
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('when html is accepted', () => {
     it('should respond with html', () => {
       const ctx = context();