Thanks for your input, but this is not about the IS_URL validator. This is about web2py utterly rejecting any request that has and apostrophe (or other RFC-valid punctuation) in the middle of the path.
-tim Kyle Smith wrote: > A similar discussion happened shortly after I started using web2py. If > you read through this thread you can see the discussion that Massimo > and I had on the topic. You probably want to jump down to around > message 13 in the thread. > > http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_frm/thread/414723e11c9f95b9?tvc=1&q=IS_URL > > <http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_frm/thread/414723e11c9f95b9?tvc=1&q=IS_URL> > > I currently use my own validator (also not completely RFC1738 > compliant) for parsing urls instead of the built in IS_URL. > > Kyle > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Timothy Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Ugh, I have an issue. > > It has come to my attention that the URL validation does not > conform to RFC1738 (section 2.2 is the most relevant). This is > fine for the schema://host/application/controller/function part of > the URL, but it causes problems in such circumstances that I ran > into today. Here are the details: > > I made a PDF file pass-through that I access like : > /init/default/pdfpass/dir/PDF_FILENAME.pdf > > I ran into the problem of sometimes a request comes in that looks > like: /init/default/pdfpass/dir/PDF'FILENAME.pdf (notice the > apostrophe) > > This doesn't play well with the URL validation regexp from main.py > line 39. I would like to be able to use normal URL characters in > my function arguments. > > For those with not enough time/patience to read an RFC, normal > path characters are: letters, numbers, and *$ - _ . + ! * ' ( ) > ,* This does not include the special URL path characters: */ @ ? > : = & ;* > > Thoughts? Can we include these characters without compromising > security? > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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