[web2py] Re: how to access static file from controller

2013-10-26 Thread greaneym
Thank you Anthony, that worked well. Margaret On Saturday, October 26, 2013 12:04:33 PM UTC-5, greaneym wrote: > > Hi, > > I have written an app using pygeoip and MaxMind data files that works but > I want to make a change. This library with the data files allows > one to map ip addresses to geo

[web2py] Re: how to access static file from controller

2013-10-26 Thread Anthony
Looks like you need to access the file via the filesystem path, not the URL, so try: import os gic = pygeoip.GeoIP(os.path.join(request.folder, 'static', 'GeoLiteCity.dat' ), pygeoip.MEMORY_CACHE) Anthony On Saturday, October 26, 2013 1:04:33 PM UTC-4, greaneym wrote: > > Hi, > > I have written