Tracy, Thanks, I saw your post but I was skimming the list... for some reason it just didn't register.
That is what I tried to do and failed. Your implimentation is very nice (even after a year of using python on and off I _still_ need to get used to introspection). Lee On 12/12/05, Tracy Ruggles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 12, 2005, at 10:48 AM, Lee McFadden wrote: > > > Basically I want/need three urls for each unique file. > > > > /pickup/<id> - The basic starting point. > > /pickup/<id>/recipient - A page for the user to enter their email > > address > > /pickup/<id>/download - The method that streams the download > > > > I can't get that working. I have to settle for: > > > > /pickup/<id> > > /pickup/recipient/<id> > > /pickup/download/<id> > > > > Am I just being too picky with my URLs? It works better in my brain > > the first way around. > > I have a post yesterday that describes how to get the url scheme you > list above: http://tinyurl.com/b833k > > It takes writing the 'default' method for your controller and is a > modification of a cherrypy recipe at < http://www.cherrypy.org/wiki/ > RestfulResource >. We're using it here at work and it works like a > charm. Though, I found a slight bug in it since posting, so I've > posted the full solution again below. > > But, seeing that CherryPy 2.2 will have this turned on by default > might make it a moot point... > > --Tracy > > > # > # controllers.py > # > > import turbogears > import cherrypy > from resource import Resource # see the resource.py code below... > > class Pages(Resource): > db_modelname = 'pages' > > @turbogears.expose(html="...path to template...") > def show(self, obj): > return dict(ID=obj.id, name=obj.name) # etc > > @turbogears.expose() > def add(self, obj, **kw): > if cherrypy.request.method != 'POST': > raise cherrypy.HTTPError(500, "No you don't...") > # do your pages-specific add work here... > return dict(success=True) # or whatever you want > > class Root(controllers.Root): > pages = Pages() > > # > # resource.py > # > > from sqlobject import SQLObjectNotFound > import turbogears > from turbogears import controllers > import model > > class Resource(controllers.Root): > db_modelname = '' # override this in child resources > > @turbogears.expose() > def default(self, *vpath, **params): > if not vpath: > return self.index(**params) > # Make a copy of vpath in a list > vpath = list(vpath) > atom = vpath.pop(0) > > # See if the first virtual path member is a container action > method = getattr(self, atom, None) > if method and getattr(method, "exposed"): > return method(*vpath, **params) > > # Not a container action; the URI atom must be an existing ID > # Coerce the ID to the correct db type > ID = int(atom) > try: > obj = getattr(model, self.db_modelname).get(ID) > except SQLObjectNotFound: > raise cherrypy.NotFound > > # There may be further virtual path components. > # Try to map them to methods in this class. > if vpath: > method = getattr(self, vpath[0], None) > if method and getattr(method, "exposed"): > return method(obj, *vpath[1:], **params) > else: > raise cherrypy.NotFound > > # No further known vpath components. Call a default handler. > return self.show(obj, *vpath, **params) > > @turbogears.expose() > def show(self, obj): > raise NotImplemented("you must define your own 'show' method") > > > > >
