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# Changelog

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### Should I upgrade my Iris?

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**How to upgrade**: Open your command-line and execute this command: `go get github.com/kataras/iris@master`.

# Th, 15 August 2019 | v11.2.7

This minor version contains improvements on the Problem Details for HTTP APIs implemented on [v11.2.5](#mo-12-august-2019--v1125).

- Fix https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/1335#issuecomment-521319721
- Add `ProblemOptions` with `RetryAfter` as requested at: https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/1335#issuecomment-521330994.
- Add `iris.JSON` alias for `context#JSON` options type.

[Example](https://github.com/kataras/iris/blob/45d7c6fedb5adaef22b9730592255f7bb375e809/_examples/routing/http-errors/main.go#L85) and [wikis](https://github.com/kataras/iris/wiki/Routing-error-handlers#the-problem-type) updated. 

References:

- https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-7.1.3
- https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7807

Commit log: https://github.com/kataras/iris/compare/v11.2.6...v11.2.7

# We, 14 August 2019 | v11.2.6

Allow [handle more than one route with the same paths and parameter types but different macro validation functions](https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/1058#issuecomment-521110639).

```go
app.Get("/{alias:string regexp(^[a-z0-9]{1,10}\\.xml$)}", PanoXML)
app.Get("/{alias:string regexp(^[a-z0-9]{1,10}$)}", Tour)
```

Commit log: https://github.com/kataras/iris/compare/v11.2.5...v11.2.6

# Mo, 12 August 2019 | v11.2.5

- [New Feature: Problem Details for HTTP APIs](https://github.com/kataras/iris/pull/1336)
- [Add Context.AbsoluteURI](https://github.com/kataras/iris/pull/1336/files#diff-15cce7299aae8810bcab9b0bf9a2fdb1R2368)

Commit log: https://github.com/kataras/iris/compare/v11.2.4...v11.2.5

# Fr, 09 August 2019 | v11.2.4

- Fixes [iris.Jet: no view engine found for '.jet' or '.html'](https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/1327)
- Fixes [ctx.ViewData not work with JetEngine](https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/1330)
- **New Feature**: [HTTP Method Override](https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/1325)
- Fixes [Poor performance of session.UpdateExpiration on 200 thousands+ keys with new radix lib](https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/1328) by introducing the `sessions.Config.Driver` configuration field which defaults to `Redigo()` but can be set to `Radix()` too, future additions are welcomed.

Commit log: https://github.com/kataras/iris/compare/v11.2.3...v11.2.4

# Tu, 30 July 2019 | v11.2.3

- [New Feature: Handle different parameter types in the same path](https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/1315)
- [New Feature: Content Negotiation](https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/1319)
- [Context.ReadYAML](https://github.com/kataras/iris/tree/master/_examples/http_request/read-yaml)
- Fixes https://github.com/kataras/neffos/issues/1#issuecomment-515698536

# We, 24 July 2019 | v11.2.2

Sessions as middleware:

```go
import "github.com/kataras/iris/sessions"
// [...]

app := iris.New()
sess := sessions.New(sessions.Config{...})

app.Get("/path", func(ctx iris.Context){
    session := sessions.Get(ctx)
    // [work with session...]
})
```

- Add `Session.Len() int` to return the total number of stored values/entries.
- Make `Context.HTML` and `Context.Text` to accept an optional, variadic, `args ...interface{}` input arg(s) too.

## v11.1.1

- https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/1298
- https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/1207

# Tu, 23 July 2019 | v11.2.0

Read about the new release at: https://www.facebook.com/iris.framework/posts/3276606095684693