On Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 9:14:38 PM UTC-4, Dave S wrote:
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> On Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 12:28:54 PM UTC-7, Steven Vannoy wrote:
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>> I have a DAL table that contains an upload field. After a user fills in
>> the form and selects a file via the "Choose File" button, I want to display
>> the form the just filled out but not in an editable form. So I have a
>> controller/view pair called "view_the_form"
>>
>> In view_the_form.html I want to have a link so the user could download
>> that previously 'uploaded' file. I can't seem to get a valid link.
>>
>> I've been trying variations on the following:
>>
>> {{=A(T("Brochure"), _href=URL('appname','uploads',row.brochure))}}
>>
>>
>> Where "row.brochure" is the selected row from my db.table and brochure is
>> the name of the upload field. I can see that row.brochure is correct, it
>> contains the name of the file that is in the uploads directory. But, when I
>> click on that link in the browser, I get an "invalid function
>> (default/uploads)" message. The URL that is attempted is:
>>
>>
>> http://127.0.0.1:8000/uploads/sites.brochure.befaec15341b61de.6261636b67726f756e642e6a7067.jpg
>>
>> Can someone help me figure out how to provide a link to an attachment in
>> my db.table when viewing the table in a non-form format?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Steven
>>
>
> I build a similar link, but send it in an email (to a support desk
> person). I use this (adjusted for your context)
> A(" (GET BROCHURE)", _href="http://oursupport.com"; + URL("download", args
> =row.brochure))
>
> This sends a link to the download() controller from the sample default.py
> (adjusted to do some logging), with the appropriate file as an argument.
>
> /dps
>
> Thanks Dave, I see now how the download controller works, that was where
> my confusion got the best of me.
>
at this point I have
{{=A(T("Brochure"), _href=URL('appname', 'default', 'download'
,args=row.brochure))}}
And it is working
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