On 11 Sep 2012, at 2:54 PM, jc <j-cl...@lineone.net> wrote:
> I have a file "app/static/docs/Report 2008 12.pdf" i.e. it is in a subdir of
> static and the filename has spaces.
> I use URL('static', 'docs', 'Report 2008 12.pdf') to generate the link.
> When I click the link the browser address bar contains
> http://localhost:8000/static/docs/Report%202008%2012.pdf (which looks good to
> me) but the browser window gets "invalid request".
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Or to re-phrase - what url should I use to serve static documents from the
> docs sub directory of the static directory if the filename has spaces in it?
> Files with no spaces in the filename work fine.
>
> The only weird thing in my routes.py is map_hyphen = True.
>
> Many thanks for your help.
>
By default, the router doesn't allow spaces; the default regex for static URLs
is
file_match = r'([-+=@$%\w]+[./]?)+$', # legal static subpath
You can add a space if you like:
file_match = r'([-+=@$%\w ]+[./]?)+$', # legal static subpath
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