I'm guessing if at the top, they are getting called before db is defined. Are you able to share your db.py?
-Jim On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 4:09 PM Jon Paris <jonbo...@partner400.com> wrote: > Well there's not error message right now - but if I move these two lines: > > auth = Auth(db) > auth.define_tables(username=True) > > back to the beginning of the file (after the from ...) then I get this: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/Applications/web2py.app/Contents/MacOS/gluon/restricted.py", line > 219, in restricted > exec(ccode, environment) > File > "/Applications/web2py.app/Contents/MacOS/applications/Images/models/db.py", > line 9, in <module> > auth = Auth(db) > NameError: name 'db' is not defined > > In what would appear to my (very) untrained eye - if I leave them at the > end of the file then there is no error ... but no authentication either. > > > On Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 4:30:31 PM UTC-4, Jim S wrote: >> >> Jon >> >> Can you post the traceback that you're receiving? >> >> -Jim >> >> On Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 3:08:14 PM UTC-5, Jon Paris wrote: >>> >>> In the section on basic Authentication in the documents ( >>> http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/03/overview#An-image-blog) >>> it says to include in the model the following: >>> >>> from gluon.tools import Auth >>> auth = Auth(db) >>> auth.define_tables(username=True) >>> >>> And to add this to the default controller. >>> >>> def user(): >>> return dict(form=auth()) >>> >>> But _where_? >>> >>> The def user(); part was already in the base controller. >>> >>> So I just added the "from ..." to the start of the file where it already >>> had: >>> from gluon.contrib.appconfig import AppConfig >>> >>> That cause the app to fail with a message that db did not exist. >>> >>> So I moved the two action lines down to the end following the table >>> definition. No error that way but no authentication occurs either. >>> >>> So where is the stuff supposed to go so that it is actioned? >>> >>> >>> >>> -- > 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/51UaQT4SxbQ/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/535b6e39-a1a8-48bb-944a-f836b9d6e835%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/535b6e39-a1a8-48bb-944a-f836b9d6e835%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/CAERBpoDgP7b_dR%2B988a6JJ9161DjKd-EwiAKEBK9_e1g058TnQ%40mail.gmail.com.
