Also, I believe CSV does not use the represent attribute (i.e., it returns 
the raw values) -- only TSV converts the values via represent. So, maybe 
just disable TSV.

Anthony

On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 1:29:30 PM UTC-4, Cliff Kachinske wrote:

> There must be something in the request that indicates you want csv or tsv.
>
> If it's in the request.args, for example, something like this would work:
>
> if 'csv' not in request.args and 'tsv' not in request.args:
>     db.inventory.cpu_status.represent = lambda cpu_status, row: SPAN(
>        ...
>
> On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 12:58:12 PM UTC-4, John Fraser wrote:
>>
>> Is there an easy way to strip HTML markup from SQLFORM.grid's CSV/TSV 
>> export?  I realize I probably need to create a custom export function, but 
>> curious if there is an argument or a one liner that would do the trick.  Or 
>> is there a better way to format the display?
>>
>> I have the following controller function:
>>
>> @auth.requires_login()
>> def index():
>>     response.title = 'Computer Inventory'
>>     db.inventory.id.readable = False
>>     db.inventory.cpu_status.represent = lambda cpu_status, row: \
>>         SPAN(row.cpu_status,
>>              _style='text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; 
>> padding:5px; color: %s; background-color: %s' %
>>              ('black' if row.cpu_status == 'Staged' else 'white','red' if 
>> row.cpu_status == 'Repair' else 'gold'
>>              if row.cpu_status == 'Staged' else 'green' if row.cpu_status 
>> == 'In Use' else 'black'))
>>     grid = SQLFORM.grid(db.inventory, csv=True)
>>     return locals()
>>
>>
>> When I export as CSV/TSV (as displayed to the user) all values for 
>> db.inventory.cpu_status are wrapped in SPAN tags for example:
>>
>> <span style='text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; padding:5px; 
>> color: white; background-color: black'>VALUE</span>
>>
>>
>>

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