How to reply from outside of the hapi.js route handler

Question

I have a hapi.js route where I want to defer the response. I\'ve tried storing the reply function and calling it later, or wrapping it in a promise, but hapi alway

Answer 1

If an error is thrown within your handler, hapi.js will immediately exit and give a 500 status code. Check if generateId() is a valid function.

The rest of your code looks right for your third and fourth examples. reply().hold() is necessary to keep the connection open after handler returns.