You don't follow my reflexion... I just say that if there were no relative URL and the behaviour you describe... 60 ms over and over could have been a great improvement...
Thanks again for you answer Niphold. Richard On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 4:27 AM, Niphlod <niph...@gmail.com> wrote: > Again...... it's not over and over.......... it happens the only first > request that comes in pointing to anything http(ish). Second, third, etc > will point to https already. > > > On Thursday, May 22, 2014 3:08:01 PM UTC+2, Richard wrote: > >> Yeah you are right, I forget about relative URL, since I was trying to >> create a link for an email sent by the app... >> >> Thanks for clarifying. >> >> 60 ms over and over could have been a great improvement overall if there >> was no relative url though. >> >> :) >> >> Richard >> >> >> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Niphlod <nip...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> URL() generates relative links by default. No http or https.......plain >>> /app/controller/function links. >>> that being said, URL has scheme and host parameters that can generate >>> absolute links. >>> >>> Back to the "performance" side. Usually the "redirection" from http to >>> https is required at the very first access to the website, and is handled >>> directly by the webserver that is usually in front of web2py. >>> It takes generally 40 to 60 ms. >>> If your app uses relative links always, once you get to the https "main" >>> page, all links will point to https, without you worrying to pass host and >>> scheme all the time (that can surely hurt your "page weight" on average, in >>> addition to your tipings skills.) >>> Just to put things in perspective, this means that you're worrying over >>> 60 ms in the whole user experience of your app (even in a supersimple >>> website, users should stay there at least a minute in the app ?!?). >>> >>> You'd better waste sleep hours on something else :-P >>> >>> BTW: it's all here http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/04/the- >>> core#URL >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 9:53:07 PM UTC+2, Richard wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I am searching a way to make URL() return an address with HTTP"S" >>>> instead of plain HTTP. I didn't find a way to do that... >>>> >>>> There is : >>>> >>>> request.is_https >>>> request.requires_https() >>>> >>>> But they seem to be for preventing access to plain HTTP. >>>> >>>> So, that mean that URL() always redirect to HTTP and never to HTTPS... >>>> That may reduce performance, I had read long time ago that reducing >>>> redirection is "rule number 1" for improving loading speed... >>>> >>>> Maybe it could be a good idea to add a flag that let generate URL() >>>> with HTTPS instead of only HTTP?? >>>> >>>> Richard >>>> >>>> -- >>> Resources: >>> - http://web2py.com >>> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >>> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >>> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "web2py-users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to web2py+un...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
