Thanks a lot, Anthony! I was not aware of request.global_settings.cmd_options, and yes it works in differentiating between the http request and shell.
I've posted up a ticket for this as well: https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/detail?id=1957 On Saturday, July 26, 2014 8:27:48 PM UTC-7, Anthony wrote: > > Try: > > cmd_opts = request.global_settings.cmd_options > if request.function=="index" and not (cmd_opts and (cmd_opts.shell or > cmd_opts.scheduler)): > redirect(URL('splash')) > > We should probably provide a more convenient method to check whether we > have an http request vs. a shell or scheduler run (maybe a flag such as > request.is_http_request). Feel free to submit a Google Code issue about > this. > > Anthony > > On Saturday, July 26, 2014 9:38:54 PM UTC-4, Mark Li wrote: >> >> I am currently redirecting my "index" page to another page (the "splash" >> page). The index page is the default function in my routes.py. The idea, is >> that if a user visits the "index" page, they will get redirected to the >> "splash" page, which works fine. At it's core, my redirect code looks like >> this (inside a models file): >> >> >> if request.function=="index": >> redirect(URL('splash')) >> >> >> However, upon using the interactive shell: >> python web2py.py -M -S appname >> >> I get a 303 error and can't start the interactive shell, because the >> index function is requested at the start of the interactive shell (causing >> a redirect). I still want the index page to redirect to the splash page, >> but the interactive shell does not work with the redirect code. Not quite >> sure what the best way to go about this is. I have several background >> scripts that run using the interactive shell; I would still like these to >> work, while maintaining the redirect code for users visiting the front-end >> of the site. >> > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- 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/d/optout.
