Can't this be done in web2py with something like this?
assert(request.args(1) == 'users')
yoursitename = request.args(0)
On Mar 23, 8:31 am, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Massimo, I think Tom was referring to Flask's ability to include an arg at
> an arbitrary place in the URL path (e.g., '/<yoursitename>/users'), not the
> ability to specify the routes via decorators. I think the former *can* be
> achieved in web2py using the pattern-based rewrite system, right?
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> On Wednesday, March 23, 2011 9:17:31 AM UTC-4, Massimo Di Pierro wrote:
> > This is not an option in web2py because the controller is executed
> > after the requests arrives not imported before (as in Flask). Anyway,
> > that works better for simple apps but becomes a mess if you have many
> > functions because the routing info is scattered all over the place.
> > Moreover - when it comes to rest - it requires that you use the same
> > function for multiple methods (GET/POST/etc) by using multiple
> > decorators or that you use different functions with different names to
> > handle different names (I do not like that).
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> > On Mar 22, 3:13 am, Tom Atkins <mink...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I might be being naive here but in Flask I can do:
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> > > @app.route('/<yoursitename>/users')
> > > ... def editusers(yoursitename): pass
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> > > print url_for('editprofile', yoursitename='Supersite')
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> > > gives:
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> > > /Supersite/users
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> > > On 22 March 2011 05:23, Jonathan Lundell <jlun...@pobox.com> wrote:
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> > > > On Mar 21, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Indra Gunawan wrote:
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> > > > Agree, Flask way looks more elegant (see Variable Rules). It could be
> > nice
> > > > if this way also exists on Web2Py.
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> > > > On 22 March 2011 06:05, Tom Atkins <mink...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > >> I was playing with Flask and I have to say its solution to routing is
> > very
> > > >> nice:
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> > > >>http://flask.pocoo.org/docs/quickstart/#routing
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> > > >> The use of variable names anywhere within the URL structure is very
> > handy.
> > > >> Anything like this possible in web2py?
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> > > > Flask doesn't really allow variable names anywhere; near as I can tell
> > > > they're a considerably restricted version of web2py's args list.
