ehm.... in html you need to do <img src="/something/photo.png" />.
{{=URL('default', 'download', args=row.image)}} is just the portion to put
into the img tag as the src's attribute value
{{=IMG(
_src=URL('default', 'download', args=row.image)
)
}}
is the right one!
On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 6:36:10 PM UTC+1, Daniele wrote:
>
> I have def download(): return response.download(request,db) in my
> controller. But when I put {{=URL('default', 'download', args=row.image)}}
> in my view I'm just getting a string. Perhaps because the file was not
> saved to this directory?
>
> On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 2:25:57 PM UTC, Anthony wrote:
>>
>> You do not specify the "uploads" directory in the URL. Instead, you need
>> to define a function that calls response.download() and pass the filename
>> to that function via the last URL argument (i.e., request.args[-1]). In
>> fact, this function is already provided for you in the "welcome" app:
>>
>> def download():
>> """
>> allows downloading of uploaded files
>> http://..../[app]/default/download/[filename]
>> """
>> return response.download(request,db)
>>
>> So, your URL should be URL('default', 'download', args=row.image).
>>
>> This is discussed
>> here<http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/03#An-image-blog>,
>> here <http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/07#SQLFORM-and-uploads>,
>> here <http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/04#response>, and
>> here<http://www.web2py.com/examples/default/examples#database_examples>(example
>> 33).
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>> On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 9:06:57 AM UTC-5, Daniele wrote:
>>>
>>> Guys I know this sounds simple but I'm having a hard time displaying
>>> uploaded images. I have an upload field in my model where logged in users
>>> can upload an image. But in my views when I try to do
>>> {{=IMG(_src=URL('uploads/', row.image))}} where row is a variable that
>>> refers to db(db.auth_user.id > 0).select() nothing is being returned.
>>> However, row.image returns a string which is the name of the file.
>>> How can I display the image correctly?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>
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