Thanks, Timothy, it works now!
Your suggestion incorporated here:
http://github.com/opyate/yauser/commit/eb7af882ea8bdcfc3e621e3b0b8e77ad72b8ef58
Yauser v 0.1-SNAPSHOT is now a fully functional URL shortener, but check the
roadmap for future features.
Thanks guys,
Juan
2009/7/20 Timothy Perrett <timo...@getintheloop.eu>
>
> Change your dispatcher to be:
>
> LiftRules.dispatch.prepend {
> case r @ Req("u" :: id :: Nil, "", GetRequest) => () => {
> // lookup in your database here...
> Full(RedirectResponse(fullyQualifiedUrl))
> }
> }
>
>
> I can then pass the id parameter to your database query then do a
> RedirectResponse which is the appropriate LiftResponse. In your
> snippet your using S.redirectTo which is not the correct context for
> its use.
>
> Does that help?
>
> Cheers, Tim
>
> On Jul 20, 11:03 am, Juan M Uys <opy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Good day, guys.
> >
> > First of all, David, thanks for a great tool. I started my first project
> > yesterday and it's been fun so far.
> >
> > I'm creating a URL shortener, and would like to know what the best
> practice
> > is for creating a light-weight controller that has no view (no associated
> > form).
> > Basically, clients will request:http://localhost:8080/u/123
> > ...and I will redirect to a URL which was saved under id=123
> >
> > Here's my first attempt at mapping to the handler for these kind of URLs:
> > line 43/44:
> http://github.com/opyate/yauser/blob/2ce8feb7da369f7fc3ef755a192c42ae...
> >
> > And, the handler:
> http://github.com/opyate/yauser/blob/2ce8feb7da369f7fc3ef755a192c42ae...
> >
> > This code does not work, at the moment. Here are the different use-cases
> and
> > associated failures:
> >
> > 1) If I request:http://localhost:8080/u/123
> > ...I get "The Requested URL /u/123 was not found on this server"
> >
> > 2) If I request:http://localhost:8080/u/
> > ...I get "The Requested URL /u/ was not found on this server"
> >
> > 3) If I request:http://localhost:8080/u
> > ...I get an HTTP 500 with:
> > net.liftweb.http.ResponseShortcutException: Shortcut
> > ... on the line in the handler which does the actual redirect.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > juan
> > Jonathan Swift<
> http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/jonathan_swift.html>
> > - "May you live every day of your life."
> >
>
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