Hi Anthony, I read the relevant part of the book: http://www.web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/4?search=url+rewrite#Parameter-based-system and had a look at router.example.py file, I am not sure I completely understand the solution you provided me with.
If you use the parameter-based rewrite system to set a default app, > controller, and function and specify the list of available functions in the > default router By default router you mean this: # The built-in default router supplies default values (undefined members are None): # # default_router = dict( # default_application = 'init', # applications = 'ALL', # default_controller = 'default', # controllers = 'DEFAULT', # default_function = 'index', # functions = None, # default_language = None, # languages = None, # root_static = ['favicon.ico', 'robots.txt'], # domains = None, # map_hyphen = False, # acfe_match = r'\w+$', # legal app/ctlr/fcn/ext # file_match = r'(\w+[-=./]?)+$', # legal file (path) name # args_match = r'([\w@ -]+[=.]?)+$', # legal arg in args # ) ... in router.example.py? In my case default_application = 'init', default_controller = 'default' and default_function = 'index' What do you mean by 'and specify the list of available functions in the default router' . My application contains 15 controllers and almost 100 functions, do I have to list them all in functions = '' or do I have to just list the functions in default_controller = 'default', controllers = 'DEFAULT', > then in http://yourdomain.com/code/shortname, code and shortname will be > interpreted as request.args[1:2], with the request being routed to the > default app, controller, and function. In my case init/default/index which implies that in the index function I have to do something like: def index(): if request.args(0)==code: row=db(db.auth_user.shortname==request.args(1)).select(db.auth_user.nodeID).first() account=db(db.NodeAccount.nodeID==row.nodeID).select(db.NodeAccount.accountID).first() if account.accountID==BASICACCOUNTID: redirect(URL('vcard',args=row.nodeID)) elif account.accountID==ADVANCEDACCOUNTID: redirect(URL('site','index',args=row.nodeID)) elif account.accountID==HUBACCOUNTID: redirect(URL('hub','index',args=row.nodeID)) else: return dict() Kind regards, Annet
