Oh, I'm new to python so didn't know that.. thanks!
On Apr 13, 4:00 pm, Jason Brower <encomp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For the general features I find is very well documented. It's all in
> the book and that is available all online or with a purchase.
> Additionally, these features are pretty new. I would rather have a
> bunch of new features that increase my capabilities, rather than 1 well
> documented feature. There are other ways to see the documentation too.
> Even from the source code. Like the help(). Method.
> Just my 2 cents...
> Jason
>
> On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 03:48 -0700, Ishbir wrote:
> > I found all about what I needed... however, I have found that web2py
> > is not very well documented. We often have to open up the source
> > files. I hope this problem can be resolved in the future.
>
> > On Apr 13, 2:15 pm, Ishbir <ishbi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hmm.. yeah, that was kind of what I wanted; but isn't there any
> > > documentation to better illuminate the alternate authentication
> > > methods?
>
> > > On Apr 12, 8:16 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > > > auth.settings.actions_disabled.append('register')
>
> > > > Auth has a pluggable mechanism for alternate authentication methods.
> > > > Look into the examples in gluon/contrib/login_methods
>
> > > > perhaps you want one of these?
>
> > > > On Apr 12, 9:52 am, Ishbir <ishbi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > What are the return values and stuff? Which is the method used for
> > > > > logging the user in and out; also the method for registering, I want
> > > > > it to be disabled. Possible?
>
> > > > > On Apr 12, 5:59 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Yes. Auth is a class. You can extend it
>
> > > > > > from gluon.tools import *
> > > > > > class MyAuth(Auth):
> > > > > > def requires_login(self): .....
>
> > > > > > auth=MyAuth(globals(),db)
>
> > > > > > On Apr 12, 6:21 am, Ishbir <ishbi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Hey everyone,
>
> > > > > > > Is it possible to define custom auth methods and override the
> > > > > > > existing
> > > > > > > methods with our own? For e.g. I am making an application that
> > > > > > > authenticates against a remote website not the existing
> > > > > > > application.
> > > > > > > So, I just want to authenticate remotely and if it is successful,
> > > > > > > just
> > > > > > > get the user id and store it in session. I already have the code
> > > > > > > in C#
> > > > > > > to do it, am trying to make it into a web application. No user
> > > > > > > information in the db other than the user ID on that site.
>
> > > > > > > I only need help with remote authentication; I can scrape other
> > > > > > > stuff
> > > > > > > via regex. I should also be able to use @auth.requires_login()
> > > > > > > decorator so as to restrict the functions to the logged in users.
>
> > > > > > > Is it possible? If not, any way to implement it?
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