I've been looking at parse_as_rest(...) myself lately for use as a REST api
for AngularJS and after studying the code in DAL I've discovered there are
some undocumented features to the parse_as_rest method(...). I'm guessing
they are undocumented because it is still considered as experimental and
could change in future versions of web2py so YMMV.
Basically an item in the `patterns` list can be a tuple with the first item
being the pattern as a string and the second item being a DAL query object
like so:
db.define_table('person',Field('name'),Field('info'))
db.define_table('pet',Field('ownedby',db.person),Field('name'),Field('info'))
...
patterns = [
"/friends[person]",
"/{person.name}/:field",
"/{person.name}/pets[pet.ownedby]",
"/{person.name}/pets[pet.ownedby]/{pet.name}",
"/{person.name}/pets[pet.ownedby]/{pet.name}/:field",
("/dogs[pet]", db.pet.info=='dog'),
("/dogs[pet]/{pet.name.startswith}", db.pet.info=='dog'),
]
When the pattern is matched the provided query object is included.
Since auth.accessible_query(...) returns a DAL query object I'm guessing
you could use the patterns list just like any other DAL query.
The tuple can also take a third item which can be a list of field names to
limit what you want returned from the query:
patterns = [
...
("/dogs[pet]", db.pet.info=='dog', ['name']),
...
]
You can experiment around with this and see if it gets you what you need.
But like I stated earlier... it is an experimental feature, so use caution
as this could change in future versions of web2py and break your app.
FYI: It also looks like a list of "queries" can be passed into
the parse_as_rest(...) method, but I haven't studied the code closely
enough to work out exactly how its intended to be used.
parse_as_rest(self, patterns, args, vars, queries=None, nested_select=True)
Maybe someone who has a better understanding of the current state of the
parse_as_rest(...) method can chime in here and add to this and/or correct
anything I may be wrong about.
On Friday, February 28, 2014 8:50:58 AM UTC-5, Zbigniew Pomianowski wrote:
>
> I know I can build standard queries, but is it possible to combine
> *parse_as_rest(patterns,
> args, vars)* with *auth.accessible_query(action, table)*?
>
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