For a little more advanced version of what Massimo just posted: This allows you to use both.
URL(r=request, c=<controller>, f=.....) and URL(c=<controller>, f=<function>.....) http://packages.python.org/web2py_utils/init.html#gurl http://hg.thadeusb.com/Web/web2py_utils/file/697470f78d16/web2py_utils/utils.py#l11 The reason we have to pass the request to URL each time is because it is just imported into the context. Since it is just a python function, it has no knowledge of request. Why can't we do something like gURL from within web2py? When building the context, why can't we make URL a loaded function that will get request passed to it, exactly how gURL works. Effectively, we won't have to pass request into URL function anymore... ever. If your interested, I can work on the patch. -- Thadeus On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 3:56 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > 1) It is a bit more complex because of static, appadmin, and admin. > You can map > > /function/var1/var2 > > into > > /app/controller/function/var1/var2 > > using a file routes.py > ------- begin file > routes_in=[ > ('/admin/$anything','/admin/$anything'), > ('/static/$anything','/app/static/$anything'), > ('/appadmin/$anything','/app/appadmin/$anything'), > ('/$anything','/app/default/$anything'), > ] > routes_out=[(y,x) for (x,y) in routes_in] > ----- end file > > 2) in db.py define > > def url(f,args={},vars={}): > return URL(r=request,f=f,args=args,vars=vars) > def go(f,args={},vars={},flash=''): > session.flash=flash > return go(url(f=f,args=args,vars=vars)) > > > and use > > url('index') > > or > > go('index',flash='you are being redirected') > > I do it all the time > > On Jul 28, 3:29 pm, VP <vtp2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'm a newbie, so my questions probably have easy answers, but anyway. >> Among a few things, there are two I don't understand and think can be >> simplified. >> >> 1. this url: app/controller/function/var1/var2 >> >> For me at least, most of the time I probably have only one >> controller. If there is one controller, may be we should get rid of >> "controller" in the url? This will be sufficient: app/f/a/b/c >> >> 2. Similarly, most of the time I have only one app (current app). >> But I use URL() a lot and every time I have to pass in request like >> this URL(r=request, f='foo'). >> >> Why do I have to pass in request if I have only one app, one >> controller? >> >> Furthermore, isn't request supposed to be global? If so, do we have >> to pass it in? >
