Aha, I needed to read through all that stuff sometime. Might as well be now.
Thank you! On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:46:50 AM UTC, Niphlod wrote: > > it's all configured using auth.settings.... > see > http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/09?search=auth.settings.login_url > and following > > On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 1:34:59 AM UTC+1, Vixus wrote: >> >> Ok, I understand. But what if I want the auth stuff in a controller >> called user, and not default? How do I prevent the redirections taking >> place above? Shouldn't it have redirected to *user*/handle/login instead >> of *default*/handle/login? >> >> On Monday, February 25, 2013 12:17:04 AM UTC, Niphlod wrote: >>> >>> auth works inspecting request.args and generating the corresponding form. >>> in a "default" setup, you have auth defined into def user(), so the url >>> is >>> >>> /app/default/user/login >>> >>> the function (connected to the view) is *user*, not *login*. *login* is >>> the first request.args (*request.args(0)*) >>> It's perfectly fine that if you put return dict(form=auth()) inside def >>> handle() it works only when accessed as >>> /app/default/handle/login >>> >>> If you want /app/default/handle to return just the login form, you >>> should return >>> >>> form=auth.login() >>> >>> directly (and have something else handling all other auth functions like >>> register, logout, retrieve_username, etc etc etc) >>> >>> On Monday, February 25, 2013 12:52:05 AM UTC+1, Vixus wrote: >>>> >>>> By default auth seems to assume everything is under: >>>> default/user/[login,register,etc.] >>>> But I want to instead have everything under: >>>> user/handle/[login,register,etc.] >>>> So I moved the user() function from default.py to handle() in user.py. >>>> >>>> The reason I wanted to do this was so I could have a component >>>> user/handle.load that I could add to any page via LOAD. I followed the >>>> examples from the web2py docs to do this. So I have: >>>> >>>> views/default/index.html: >>>> {{extend 'layout.html'}} >>>> {{=LOAD('user','handle.load',ajax=True)}} >>>> >>>> views/user/handle.html: >>>> {{=form}} >>>> >>>> But when I view the default page all I get is an error saying: *invalid >>>> function (default/handle)* >>>> Attempting to navigate to /app/user/handle.load directly results in the >>>> same error. The URL has changed to /app/default/handle.load/login >>>> >>>> So there seems to be some implicit routing going on. How do I fix this. >>>> >>>> *OR* >>>> >>>> Is there a better way to be doing a sidebar login via a component? All >>>> I want is a small login form in the sidebar, and a register button that >>>> takes the user to the registration page. >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

