" but /myapp/somefunction does not map to /myapp/default/somefunction because somefunction is interpreted as a controller in that URL (instead, it maps to /myapp/somefunction/index, and you get an error because such a controller doesn't exist). "
so what does one do if one wants myapp/somestuff to map to a function that can then interpret 'somestuff' via response.args(0) if one sets up defaults, then the sytstem will look for myapp/somestuff/index which is not what is wanted. Peter On Thursday, May 17, 2012 8:44:02 PM UTC+1, AlexBenjM wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm new to web2py and am having a difficult time understanding how to use > either the parameter or pattern based systems as well how web2py default > routing works. > > *I'll start off with the first point of confusion for me;* > > The web2py book and documentation has led me to believe that the following > would work; > > http://120.0.0.1/myapp/default/somefunction can be written as > http://120.0.0.1/myapp/somefunction but I get invalid request error > > If I copy router.example.py to routes.py in the base directory, the above > case then works as I expected, but I thought that even with a lack of a > routes.py file, web2py would still automatically default to the same > behavior. This isn't so at all? > > If I then overwrite routes.py using routes.example.py, the above case no > longer works. Looking at both routes.example.py and router.example.py, it > looks like both of them configure web2py's routing behavior in the same > way, but the actual behavior is not the same. > > So I'm pretty confused about this. Note, after each changes to routes.py I > do reload the routes in web2py's admin console. > > *The second point of confusion for me is;* > * > * > In the application I'm writing, which uses AJAX heavily and uses PUT and > DELETE in addition to GET and POST. > > I have in one of the controller, users, the following; > > def index(): > def GET(): > blah > def POST(*vars, **fields): > blah > def PUT(*vars, **fields): > blah > def DELETE(*vars, **fields): > blah > > I want to map a PUT request to users/5 to users/index/5 > > Right now the current default routing configuration returns users/5 as > invalid request which is expected. Unfortunately I still don't understand > web2py well enough to know how to set up one of the routing systems to map > users/<id> to users/index/<id> > > I think I need to use the pattern matching system but I'm not able to get > it working properly. > > Would appreciate your tips. > > Thanks > Alex > >
