{{='/%s/' % request.application if URL().startswith('/' + request.
application) else '/'}}
Anthony
On Thursday, February 28, 2013 12:26:32 PM UTC-5, RHC wrote:
>
> Niphlod, Antony: Thanks for your prompt replies.
>
> I can see that request.application will function correctly as web2py will
> still handle a URL beginning with the application name even if I have used
> routes.py to default to this application, Doing it this way does mean that
> I would end up with the application name in some of my URLs, and if I use
> the html base element approach then URLs all over the place would end up
> getting the application name in them. This seems to negate the benefit of
> using routes to hide the application name, except for the initial request
> to the domain name, which is unfortunate. I was hoping to keep that
> benefit, but I think I will have to manage without it.
>
> On Thursday, 28 February 2013 16:42:53 UTC, Anthony wrote:
>>
>> No, just do:
>>
>> {{='/%s/' % request.application}}
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>> On Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:30:53 AM UTC-5, RHC wrote:
>>>
>>> If I use {{=URL(request.application)}} in the view I get
>>>
>>> "/Test/default/Test"
>>>
>>> It has added on the current application and controller path.
>>>
>>> I would like to get just "/Test/" or, if I have used routes.py to set
>>> the default application to Test, maybe just "/". This is why I am trying to
>>> use the URL helper rather than just generate the string using
>>> request.application on it's own.
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, 27 February 2013 21:32:48 UTC, Niphlod wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ehm ... request.application !
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 10:26:51 PM UTC+1, RHC wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to use javascript to automatically insert a link to a
>>>>> plugin web page within an application. However, the javascript, being a
>>>>> static file, has no way of generating a valid URL in the proper web2py
>>>>> fashion using a URL helper.
>>>>>
>>>>> I thought perhaps I could use the base element to re-define the root
>>>>> of the application using the URL helper. Then my javascript could then
>>>>> just
>>>>> insert a link to /plugin_myplugin/index.html for example.
>>>>>
>>>>> For example in the layout.html I was hoping to use
>>>>>
>>>>> <base href="{{=URL(...)}"/>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hoiwever, I am stuck for a way to get the URL helper just to create a
>>>>> url path to the application itself. e.g. /myapp/
>>>>>
>>>>> I want to use the URL helper so that if I start customising the
>>>>> routes.py then the generated url will still be valid.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas? Is this even possible, if not is there another way to
>>>>> approach this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Richard.
>>>>>
>>>>
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