Thank you Joseph and Jonathan - I'll look into the methods you both
suggested! :)
On Dec 27, 11:39 pm, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote:
> On Dec 27, 2011, at 2:49 AM, lyn2py wrote:
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> > I already have in routes.py:
> > routers = dict(
> > BASE = dict(
> > default_controller='default',
> > default_function='index'
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> > )
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> > How should my code be organized so that I can achieve:
> > website.com/items --> shows all the items
> > website.com/items/127 --> displays details of item #127
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> > Right now, it's being done this way:
> > website.com/items --> shows all the items
> > website.com/items/display/127 --> displays details of item #127
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> > Must the changes be made to routes.py or can the code base be slightly
> > modified to achieve it?
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> An easy way is to put the item number in a query string: website.com/items?127
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> Another way would be to use the function default/items instead of items/index.
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> If you really, really want items to be a controller and have the URL syntax
> you're looking for, use something like this:
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> routers = dict(
> yourapp = dict(
> functions = { 'items' : ['index', ... ] }
> )
> )
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> The idea is that you need to inform the router of the function names in the
> items controller.
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> Suggestion: website.com/item/127 looks a little more natural than items/127,
> at least to me. Easiest to do by putting your code in default/item and
> default/items.
