That works. Thank you
On May 5, 3:27 pm, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote: > On May 5, 2010, at 12:16 PM, Chris wrote: > > > How would you get thecurrenturllocation? > > Generally speaking, you want to use URL(r=request, args=request.args, > vars=request.vars), or something like that (I may not have all the spelling > right). > > That will not include the host part of the URL, which is normally just what > you want; the browser will use the same host that it used to get the page. > > > > > I've tried to build thecurrenturl using request.env.http_host + > > request.env.path_info, but it doesn't take into account routes.py. > > > For example using that method returns 127.0.0.1:8000/init/default/ > > contact, but I want it to returnhttp://127.0.0.1:8000/contact-- > > which is the what is displayed in the browser. > > > On May 3, 8:59 pm, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote: > >>> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> web2py probably isn't setting referer on a redirect, and if it did, you'd > >>> have to interpret the URL. > > >>> No. If I have no redirect and call alocationwith no args the referer is > >>> not set when I arrive at web2py's default "Internal error" page. Which is > >>> okay because the standard says referer is optionally set by the client. > > >>> How about putting the previouslocationin session before you redirect? > > >>> That works on some instances, but not for controlling for the wrong > >>> number or the wrong parameters. A concrete example: > > >>> 1. Currently inwww.domain.com/a/c/f/arg1 > >>> 2. User edits address bar and presses enter (removed > >>> arg1):www.domain.com/a/c/f/ > >>> 3. The called action: > > >>> def f(): > >>> if not request.args: > > >>> redirect(request.last_location) # including args > > >>> Perhaps someone knows of an alternative way to accomplish the same? > > >> The session is pretty much the only place you've got to keep information > >> between pages. In the above example, in step 1, you need to save > >> thecurrentlocationin session. You can do that in f() before you return, or > >> if you want to always do it (from every c/f), you could perhaps do it in > >> your layout.html: copy thelocationfrom request to session. (That won't > >> work for redirects, but you might not want it to.)
