Sorry to hijack the thread somewhat, but where can I find out how to
use blobstore simply to upload large files with web2py?
Thanks,
Tris
On May 4, 1:41 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> You can do
>
> form = SQLFORM(db.artwork, request.args[0], fields=fields,
> upload=URL(r=request, c='gae',
> f='preview'),_action=....)
>
> On May 3, 4:11 pm, howesc <how...@umich.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello,
>
> > Is it intentional that when using SQLFORM, and custom views (with
> > form.custom.begin), that if i modify attributes after initial form
> > construction I have to update form.custom.begin myself?
>
> > here's my example:
>
> > form = SQLFORM(db.artwork, request.args[0], fields=fields,
> > upload=URL(r=request, c='gae', f='preview'))
>
> > if request.env.web2py_runtime_gae:
> > fromgoogle.appengine.ext importblobstore
> > upload_url =
> >blobstore.create_upload_url(URL(r=request,f='upload_art',
> > args=request.args,
>
> > vars={'redir':URL(r=request,c='account', f='index')}))
>
> > form['_action']=upload_url
> > (begin, end) = form._xml()
> > form.custom.begin = XML("<%s %s>" % (form.tag, begin))
>
> > note that if i don't update form.custom.begin myself it does not
> > include the '_action' attribute. In most cases you just initialize
> > the form with all the needed attributes, but in this case if i'm on
> >googleappenginei need the upload field to post to another URL
> > (since i'm usingblobstore), but if i'm not on GAE i can use the
> > regular action.
>
> > I suppose at this point theapponly runs on GAE, so i can just skip
> > the if statement, but thought this might be a low-priority bug.
>
> > thanks,
>
> > christian
