Yep that helped. I had already moved that connection and data parts of the code to their own model. :0P
Thanks -David On Dec 5, 11:48 am, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote: > The functions that retrieves/stores the data should go in your models. > Your controllers use these functions and manipulate the data, to save > it will pass the data to a save model. > > So gettime() would just call a function say getdata(). getdata() would > httplib the external data and check it for errors, and maybe parse it > into say a python dictionary for manipulation. > > Hope that helps. > > -Thadeus > > On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 10:02 AM, David <digitalcry...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > I've been working on converting my PHP web service client for eBay to > > web2py . I've got it successfully pulling the time from the eBay > > servers using xml.dom.minidom and I am quite excited about this > > because it's a lot easier to do so far. > > > I am still a bit confused on the MVC way of doing things however. > > Since the service is similar to a database in a remote location should > > I be writing the service calls as part of the models or controllers? > > > The way I am doing it now is all from the controller, then returning > > the information to the views. I can see a way to separate it even > > further but I want to make sure I am following the MVC style and not > > allowing my bad PHP habits to follow me. > > > Here's a small example of the controller as it is now without all the > > code. > > > def buildHeaders(): > > setup http headers with credentials > > return > > > def buildConnectio(): > > do httplib stuff > > return > > > def checkErrors() > > parse returned data for errors > > return > > > def gettime(): > > build the time requestXML, setup headers, open a connection, pull > > data, check for errors and return results to view > > return dict(time=time) > > > As you can see the only thing really applicable to this controller > > will be "gettime". The first three functions will remain the same for > > the most part and should actually be private methods. Thanks for any > > light you can shed on this. > > > - David > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "web2py-users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.
