I only return a dict in the get_user, web2py does all the work.
web2py call the get_user method, and web2py update the auth_user table with
the dict values.
I don't write/update the auth_user table in my custom class.
On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 11:05:04 AM UTC-6, Niphlod wrote:
>
> hypothesis 2 is off the table
>
> BTW: saying that you have a method that returns a dict and stating that
> that method doesn't update a field lacks of the key point......
> *Who*writes/updates the auth_user table in your custom class ?
>
> On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 5:36:39 PM UTC+1, Ignacio Ocampo wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm working with my own authentication provider as: *
>> auth.settings.login_form=MyAuth()*, all *works correctly*.
>>
>> I need an additional field from default auth_user table definition, I
>> used: *auth.settings.extra_fields['auth_user'] = [Field('**employee_id**',
>> 'text')]*, works correctly (the value of this field is provided by
>> MyAuth() to reference another system, ergo, in web2py it's would be treated
>> as a simple text).
>>
>> The final schema is:
>>
>> CREATE TABLE auth_user(
>> id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
>> first_name CHAR(128),
>> last_name CHAR(128),
>> email CHAR(512),
>> password CHAR(512),
>> registration_key CHAR(512),
>> reset_password_key CHAR(512),
>> registration_id CHAR(512)
>> , *employee_id* TEXT);
>>
>> In MyAuth() class, I have the method get_user(self), which web2py call in
>> the login process to get user details. At the end of this method, I return:
>>
>> user = dict(first_name=response['attributes']['cn'][0],
>> last_name=response['attributes']['cn'][0],
>> username=response['attributes']['uid'][0],
>> registration_id=response['attributes']['uid'][0], *employee_id*
>> =response['attributes']['*employee_id*'][0])
>>
>> All fields are updated correctly, except the *employee_id*, that is the
>> additional field.
>>
>> *Hypothesis 1*: I don't know if web2py is updating only default fields
>> from the auth_user table (and because employee_id are not default field,
>> it's no updated).
>> *Hypothesis 2*: The name of the additional field *employee_id* is
>> malformed (because the last part "_id" is used to reference another table
>> and commonly is INT type and web2py don't know how to handle this, since
>> there is no the *employee* table).
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>
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