Use
auth.user_id
instead.
def index():
if auth.is_logged_in():
redirect(URL('profile', 'member',args=auth.user_id))
On Wednesday, November 21, 2012 12:24:17 PM UTC+8, Don_X wrote:
>
> In an app where users have their own profile page !
> Once a user gets logged in with their credentials .. they get redirected
> to their own profile page with all of their edit functions and preferences
> etc ... ... OK ! all was good so far ... BUT
>
> when the user is browsing through the app, I want that same user to be
> able to view other users' profile pages... if he wants to . !
> so I am tweaking my previous function to do that without having to
> replicate the same profile page so the logged in user can view other
> users'profile page !
>
> so I have a setup similar to this now :
>
> the user gets logged in and that user gets redirected to
> ('profile','index') i.e. ( controller, function )
> in the profile.py controller, I have set up a new function index is as
> follows :
> def index():
> redirect(URL('profile', 'member',args=' '))
>
> Where the args, which is empty by default at first, would be the user's id
> !
>
> ( that way : all links to other user's profile would be written like :
> {{=URL('profile','member',args=auth_user.id <http://auth_user.id>)}} on
> any given page for any given user listed with their respective ids on the
> site )
>
> now, I am having some trouble with the member function
> basically, I want this member function to do the following :
>
> if the logged in user id is the same as args then return the logged in
> user row ( member )
> if not then return the row of the user id equal to args (member) from the
> database
>
> and obviously, in the profile page itself, I will do validation such as if
> member == to loggged in user then they can edit, do stuff they can do on
> their own profile etc ... and if not ... then they cannot edit that other
> user's profile's etc ...
>
> you get the idea ! so : ... I am not sure if my logic is fine through
> these lines of python code for that member function :
>
> def member():
> response.view = 'profile/index.html'
> member = session.get("auth",{})
> if member.id == auth_user[args] :
> return dict(member=member)
> else :
> for row in db(db.auth_user.id == args).select():
> member = row
> return dict(member=member)
>
>
> I would think it would work .. but does not ! ... Can any one can
> enlighten me with this !!
>
> thank you
>
> Don
>
>
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