As explained here: http://www.web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/04/the-core#Absolute-urls
You should use: URL(..., scheme='http', host='www.mysite.com') Marin On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Ykä Marjanen <yka.marja...@gmail.com>wrote: > I got the scheduled background script working in PA. The script is started > in web2py environment with -S app and -M -R parameters. The script > generates emails, which include links (e.g. registration link with UUID). > > I use scheme=True and host=True to generate absolute URL. This works when > I generate the emails directly from a website request. But when the > scheduled script generates it in the background, the URL has local host > (127.0.0.1) and not the real domain. > > I assume that because I generate the link in a background script, web2py > instance lives in the local host and doesn't "see" the outside world (like > when a website request happens). > > Should I just generate the domain manually, or do I have any better way to > replace the localhost with the real domain? > > -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > 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. > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- 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.
