If there is nothing in web2py to do it, maybe you can go with a middleware.
http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/04#External-middleware Ricardo On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Daniel Gonzalez <gonva...@gmail.com> wrote: > But this has two drawbacks: > > the decorator must be added to every controller function > it gets executed before rendering the template. > > On Thursday, March 14, 2013 11:56:53 AM UTC+1, Daniel Gonzalez wrote: >> >> Are you suggesting something like this (which is what I am currently >> doing): >> >> In my model I define a decorator: >> >> def finish_request(fn, *args, **kwargs): >> def wrapped(): >> res = fn(*args, **kwargs) >> do_whatever_after_the_request_has_been_processed() >> return res >> return wrapped >> >> And then in my controller: >> >> @finish_request >> @auth.requires_login() >> def index(): >> return "Hello" >> >> >> >> On Thursday, March 14, 2013 11:48:48 AM UTC+1, Niphlod wrote: >>> >>> let's dive it into .... I don't think there's an integrated way to do it, >>> rather than decorating your function with something else. >>> Please note that as far as I know (but I may be totally wrong) you can't >>> actually return from a function (so it gets rendered and transferred to the >>> client) and continue your computation....i.e. if you have return 'abcd' to >>> ship 'abcd' to the client, execution stops there. >>> So, assuming that you are fine with, e.g. >>> def func(): >>> result = 'abcd' >>> .....some lengthy "after callback" >>> return result >>> >>> I'd say it's definitely "doable". >>> If I remember correctly, there's only one handy shortcut available >>> without starting toying with decorators.... response.custom_commit that can >>> be a callable and gets called at the end of every request (before returning >>> the results) >>> >>> PS: if the thing to do "after callback" is fine if executed >>> asynchronously, you can set up a queue of things to do to be processed >>> afterwards. >>> >>> PS2: to kick in after the rendering you must return the compiled >>> template, e.g. >>> result = response.render(...) >>> ...some lengthy "after callback" >>> return result >>> >>> On Thursday, March 14, 2013 11:35:20 AM UTC+1, Daniel Gonzalez wrote: >>>> >>>> And (I am discovering some effects during testing): >>>> >>>> 4. Is it possible to call this function *after* the templates have been >>>> rendered? >>>> >>>> On Thursday, March 14, 2013 11:09:51 AM UTC+1, Daniel Gonzalez wrote: >>>>> >>>>> And: >>>>> >>>>> 3. Is it possible to call this function also for jsonrpc requests? >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, March 14, 2013 11:00:13 AM UTC+1, Daniel Gonzalez wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> For some tests that I am performing, I would like to call a function >>>>>> "request_processed()" (defined in a model, for example), at the end of >>>>>> every >>>>>> request. >>>>>> >>>>>> 1. Is this possible? How? >>>>>> 2. Is it possible to also call this function in case no controller was >>>>>> found to serve the request? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Daniel > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
