A(...) is an object not a string. You can convert it to string with A
(...).xml()
When an object is displayed {{=A(...)}} it is not scaped (but the
strings within are). When a string is dispalyed {{=A(...).xml()}} it
is escaped, unless marked up accordingly {{=XML(A(...).xml())}}.
Hope this helps
On Mar 11, 10:39 am, Michael Wales <evicera...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have the following function in a module - this function performs a
> Regex search and attempts to replace matches with a link (generated
> with the A() helper). The regex and replacement is working correctly -
> if I change the value of the replace variable to something other than
> the A() helper, it works as I expect. Something with the A() helper is
> causing the return to not have the link at all (just the innerHTML
> from the link).
>
> The module's function:
>
> def link_wiki_tags(content, db, request):
> import re
> from gluon.html import A, URL
> pattern = re.compile('\[\[([\w\s:]+)\]\]')
> for match in pattern.findall(content):
> slug = slugify(match)
> if db(db.games.slug == slug).select():
> replace = A(match, _href = URL(r = request, c =
> 'games', f =
> 'view', args = slug), _title = match)
> elif db(db.people.slug == slug).select():
> replace = A(match, _href = URL(r = request, c =
> 'people', f =
> 'view', args = slug), _title = match)
> elif db(db.companies.slug == slug).select():
> replace = A(match, _href = URL(r = request, c =
> 'companies', f =
> 'view', args = slug), _title = match)
> else:
> replace = match
> content = re.sub('\[\[' + match + '\]\]', replace, content)
> return content
>
> How this module is called from the view:
>
> {{= link_wiki_tags(person.content, db, request) }}
>
> Sample Input:
> [[John Carmack]] is a developer for [[Quake Live]].
>
> Expected Output:
> <a href="/shooterhero/people/view/john-carmack" title="John
> Carmack">John Carmack</a> is a developer for <a href="/shooterhero/
> games/view/quake-live" title="Quake Live">Quake Live</a>.
>
> Actual Output:
> John Carmack is a developer for Quake Live.
>
> As I mentioned, if I change the replace lines within the conditional
> checking for a database result, it will change the output as expected.
> I have change this replace variable to a string, as well as the URL()
> helper, both of which worked fine. In other words, I have narrowed
> this issue down to the A() helper.
>
> Any help in getting the module's function to return the intended
> output would be appreciated. Is there some sort of filtering placed on
> module function returns (something that would strip out tags).
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