there is a section in the book. I agree, it needs to be expanded.
On Apr 15, 6:14 am, Oatman <thelastanom...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks so much Massimo! I've seen that (.*) notation a lot around
> forums and maybe even this group (Not sure, as I came to the page via
> google and a group caching service).
> Is there a comprehensive and easy to read reference guide for
> routes.py? Based on my experience, it's difficult to get the right
> information. If there is no such thing, I'll keep notes on my blog in
> the hope that it's useful for someone else too.
>
> I'll let you know how it goes, thanks again,
> Tris
>
> On Apr 15, 2:57 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > In> ('/(.*)', '/riffant/default/index/$1'),
>
> > the (.*) is not named and therefore not set to $1. This is because of
> > how web2py uses regex shortcuts. You can do instead
> > ('/$anything', '/riffant/default/index/$anything'),
>
> > $anything is a catch-all shortcut.
>
> > On Apr 14, 5:18 pm, Oatman <thelastanom...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > You're quite right, after messing around, I've fixed up a very simple
> > > route that works with POST, as you suggest it would:
> > > [...]
> > > ('/new', '/riffant/default/new'), # works
> > > [...]
>
> > > However, I still have a (hopefully) simple routing problem, the last
> > > hurdle I hope before I update the GaE version (Thank you so much for
> > > making it so easy to publish to gae BTW!). Here it is:
>
> > > My index controller is routed thusly:
> > > ('/(.*)', '/riffant/default/index/$1'),
>
> > > and it uses the request.args(0) to get a single string as an arg, like
> > > this "http://localhost:8000/stringgoeshere
> > > However, with the above route, it never picks up the string, here's
> > > the controller code:
>
> > > if request.args(0):
> > > shortname = request.args(0)
> > > try:
> > > entry = db(db.email.shortname == shortname).select()[0]
> > > except IndexError:
> > > redirect(URL(r=request,f='index'))
> > > response.title = entry.email
> > > return dict(entry=entry,input=True)
> > > else:
> > > return dict(input=False)
>
> > > I've added the boolean "input" variable to confirm that
> > > request.args(0) isn't being set (input is never true).
> > > What am I doing wrong?
>
> > > Thanks,
> > > Tris
>
> > > On Apr 14, 4:41 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > > > Routing does not affect post data so I do not think that is the
> > > > problem. Can we see the form action, the generated html and the
> > > > complete routes?
>
> > > > On Apr 14, 7:27 am, Oatman <thelastanom...@gmail.com> wrote:> Hi all,
>
> > > > > I'm having some real trouble finding out how to get forms to self-
> > > > > submit successfully, when the URL they are on is re-routed using
> > > > >routes.py.
>
> > > > > My app is called Riffant & I have a form running on / (/ is re-routed
> > > > > to /riffant/default/index) which doesn't work using this config:
>
> > > > > routes_in = (
> > > > > ('/riffant/static/(.*)', '/riffant/static/$1'),
> > > > > ('/(.*)', '/riffant/default/index/$1'),
> > > > > )
> > > > > routes_out = (
> > > > > ('/riffant/default/index(?P<any>)', '/\g<any>'),
> > > > > ('/riffant/(?P<any>)', '/\g<any>'),
> > > > > )
>
> > > > > I suspect it is because the POST data is not routed, but I couldn't
> > > > > find an example of that outside the cryptic one in the official book:
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > ('140\.191\.\d+\.\d+:https://www.web2py.com:POST/(?P<any>.*)\.php',
> > > > > [...]
>
> > > > > Any ideas?
>
> > > > > Many thanks,
> > > > > Tris
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