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On Jul 28, 4:52 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote: > For a little more advanced version of what Massimo just posted: > > This allows you to use both. > > URL(r=request, c=<controller>, f=.....) > and > URL(c=<controller>, f=<function>.....) > > http://packages.python.org/web2py_utils/init.html#gurlhttp://hg.thadeusb.com/Web/web2py_utils/file/697470f78d16/web2py_util... > > The reason we have to pass the request to URL each time is because it > is just imported into the context. Since it is just a python function, > it has no knowledge of request. > > Why can't we do something like gURL from within web2py? When building > the context, why can't we make URL a loaded function that will get > request passed to it, exactly how gURL works. > > Effectively, we won't have to pass request into URL function anymore... ever. > > If your interested, I can work on the patch. > > -- > Thadeus > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 3:56 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > 1) It is a bit more complex because of static, appadmin, and admin. > > You can map > > > /function/var1/var2 > > > into > > > /app/controller/function/var1/var2 > > > using a file routes.py > > ------- begin file > > routes_in=[ > > ('/admin/$anything','/admin/$anything'), > > ('/static/$anything','/app/static/$anything'), > > ('/appadmin/$anything','/app/appadmin/$anything'), > > ('/$anything','/app/default/$anything'), > > ] > > routes_out=[(y,x) for (x,y) in routes_in] > > ----- end file > > > 2) in db.py define > > > def url(f,args={},vars={}): > > return URL(r=request,f=f,args=args,vars=vars) > > def go(f,args={},vars={},flash=''): > > session.flash=flash > > return go(url(f=f,args=args,vars=vars)) > > > and use > > > url('index') > > > or > > > go('index',flash='you are being redirected') > > > I do it all the time > > > On Jul 28, 3:29 pm, VP <vtp2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm a newbie, so my questions probably have easy answers, but anyway. > >> Among a few things, there are two I don't understand and think can be > >> simplified. > > >> 1. this url: app/controller/function/var1/var2 > > >> For me at least, most of the time I probably have only one > >> controller. If there is one controller, may be we should get rid of > >> "controller" in the url? This will be sufficient: app/f/a/b/c > > >> 2. Similarly, most of the time I have only one app (current app). > >> But I use URL() a lot and every time I have to pass in request like > >> this URL(r=request, f='foo'). > > >> Why do I have to pass in request if I have only one app, one > >> controller? > > >> Furthermore, isn't request supposed to be global? If so, do we have > >> to pass it in?
