[web2py] Re: Best way to access files outside of static

2013-12-12 Thread AbrahamLinksys
For a compelling (and humorous) argument of why NOT to use Regex to parse XML/HTML, read this SO nugget: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags Seriously, it's my favorite SO post ever. Enjoy! On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 8:47:42 PM

[web2py] Re: Best way to access files outside of static

2013-12-12 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
LOL On Thursday, 12 December 2013 17:08:44 UTC-6, AbrahamLinksys wrote: For a compelling (and humorous) argument of why NOT to use Regex to parse XML/HTML, read this SO nugget: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags Seriously,

[web2py] Re: Best way to access files outside of static

2013-12-11 Thread Leonel Câmara
use response.stream Quarta-feira, 11 de Dezembro de 2013 0:11:46 UTC, Cliff escreveu: Hello. I am new to both python and web2py but have been playing with it a bit. I have made a simple program to listen to like artists from lastfm's API. I store my mp3s in a database: Artist/Track/File.

[web2py] Re: Best way to access files outside of static

2013-12-11 Thread Cliff
I seen the documentation from the book on web2py.com but I am unsure how I would use response.stream. Could you give me an example please? Here is the current code I am using. HTML {{for item in printrows:}} { title:{{=item[0][2]}},

[web2py] Re: Best way to access files outside of static

2013-12-11 Thread Leonel Câmara
Heres an example def stream(): Stream an mp3 from an absolute path given as var WARNING: This is definitely unsafe as it doesn't care what that path is at all. WARNING: Seriously this is just an example, don't use it. import os if os.path.exists(request.vars.path)::

[web2py] Re: Best way to access files outside of static

2013-12-11 Thread Cliff
That was very helpful. I can now hear music! The regex so far has just been working so I haven't messed with it. Thanks for the suggestion, I will look into better ways to manage the XML. Thanks Leonel! On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 7:08:11 PM UTC-5, Leonel Câmara wrote: Heres an example