On Oct 30, 12:05 pm, cpicada <cpic...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just want to know if the built-in authentication system has a hook
> somewhere so I can do it easily.
> As I said, I am very new to this framework. I am still in the phase in
> which I risk reinventing the wheel ten times a day if I don't refrain
> from being too "creative".
>
> - Is there something like auth.settings.register_onvalidation? (It
> seems to me that there is not, but I may be wrong)
there is, it just defaults to None
> - Should I subclass Auth and make a new register() method?
> - Should I mess around with Auth.register() itself?
> - Should I play with get_or_create_user()?
>
> cpicada.wordpress.com
>
> On 30 oct, 15:33, Yarko Tymciurak <resultsinsoftw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:23 AM, cpicada <cpic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Yes, but it doesn't do exactly what I am looking for. I need to
> > > compute values *before* the registration happens, and in this case it
> > > works at login and only if the user was registered and logged out
> > > already. If I have:
>
> > > def f(form): form.vars.username='apu'
> > > auth.settings.login_onvalidation=f
>
> > I think this misses the point - you can do exactly what you want; it's in
> > the logic you setup
> > around your code (and you just have to work out that logic).
>
> > The above is _one_ example of a mechanism by which to do something like
> > this.
>
> > > ... and I register with username 'xxx', the username record at
> > > auth_user contains 'xxx', but not 'apu', and the system logs me in as
> > > 'xxx' *at registration*
> > > If I log out and try to log in as 'xxx', then it doesn't allow me, as
> > > expected, but I can fake a login by having an 'apu' user already
> > > registered and entering the username 'xxx' with the password of the
> > > registered 'apu'.
>
> > > I'm sorry if this looks confusing. I appreciate the time and interest
> > > that you take in addressing my doubts.
>
> > > cpicada.wordpress.com
>
> > > On Oct 30, 2:18 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> > > > yes
>
> > > > def f(form): form.vars.two = form.vars.one+1
> > > > auth.settigns.login_onvalidation = f
>
> > > > and on the right side a function that can computes new form.vars from
> > > > existing form.vars.
>
> > > > On Oct 30, 4:21 am, cpicada <cpic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Is there a way to process the data entered at the register form before
> > > > > doing the actual registration?
>
> > > > > I am looking for a way to add computed values to a user record during
> > > > > registration, login and profile modification.
>
> > > > > I am sorry if this is a silly question. I am very new to web2py (I
> > > > > have been working with django until now). I bought and read the e-book
> > > > > sold at Lulu and I also made some searches in this group, but I don't
> > > > > seem to get it right.
> > > > > Regards,
>
> > > > > cpicada.wordpress.com
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