Or you can modify self
class MyRequestHandler(webapp.RequestHandler):
def initialize(self, request, response):
m = request.get('_method')
if m:
self.__dict__[request.method] = self.__dict__[m]
webapp.RequestHandler.initialize(self, request, response)
On Nov 3, 8:17 pm, Jeff S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a reason why you can't call a different request handler
> method based on the request URL's _method parameter. For example, this
> seems like it would work:
>
> class MyRequestHandler(webapp.RequestHandler):
>
> def post(self):
> if self.request.get('_method') == 'PUT':
> self.put()
> else:
> # Continue with an actual POST.
>
> def put(self):
> # Idempotent PUT logic.
>
> Happy coding,
>
> Jeff
>
> On Oct 31, 2:32 pm, airportyh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I want to changed the request verb of a request in the case a
> > parameter _method is provided, for example if a POST request comes in
> > with a parameter _method=PUT, I need to change the request to call the
> > put method of the handler. This is to cope with the way prototype.js
> > works with verbs like PUT and DELETE(workaround for IE). Here is my
> > first attempt:
>
> > class MyRequestHandler(webapp.RequestHandler):
> > def initialize(self, request, response):
> > m = request.get('_method')
> > if m:
> > request.method = m.upper()
> > webapp.RequestHandler.initialize(self, request, response)
>
> > The problem is, for some reason whenever the redirect is done, the
> > self.request.params are emptied by the time the handling method(put or
> > delete) is called, even though they were populated when initialize is
> > called. Anyone have a clue why this is? As a workaround I thought I
> > could clone the params at initialize() time, but .copy() did not work,
> > and I haven't found a way to do that either.
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