After reconsidering the whole thing, I've found a way to achieve what I
wanted, without having to change too much code.
Considering that I needed to keep client-side caching, the only way to go
was redirecting the user to a "different URL".
So I used a lazy argument: when the user logs in, he is redirected to the
previous URL where he was, but with a lazy argument at the end of the URL.
This way, the browser sees a different URL, and it doesn't use the local
cache.
Because of the "log in" link is in every page of the template, I had to
consider the args and vars that could already be in the current path.
So, in the template the login link is created like this:
{{
_args = request.args
if 'l' not in _args:
_args.append('l')
pass
login_url = URL('default', 'user', args='login', vars={'_next':URL(args=
_args, vars=request.get_vars)})
}}
<a href="{{=login_url}}">Log in</a>
Then of course, the function in charge of logging in the user redirects him
to the URL received in request.vars._next
In my models:
# Setup cache.action arguments
CACHE.time_expire = 300
CACHE.public = True
CACHE.session = False
CACHE.vars = False
# if the user is logged in, setup different cache.action arguments
if auth.is_logged_in():
CACHE.prefix = 'plantel-'
CACHE.time_expire = 1
CACHE.model = None
This way is working like a charm, and I was able to save an additional
extra request just to load a topnavbar.
Although, this is not bullet proof: the user may still clic a link to a
page that is in his local cache, so there is no way to avoid that.
For this case and what I needed, the solution is acceptable.
As always, thankyou very much Niphlod for your time.
I wanted to post my solution just in case someone needs to deal with a
similar situation.
Regards, Lisandro.
El lunes, 6 de junio de 2016, 19:01:27 (UTC-3), Niphlod escribió:
>
> it's kinda chicken-and-egg here, because your real trouble is that the
> unlogged user hits a page that you want to be cached client-side as long as
> he is not logged in.
> if you let it cache client-side, having the user returning to the same
> page to expect a different outcome is impossible.
> IMHO the solution is that you should refactor your app to present a proper
> "landing page" uri for public viewers and a separate one for logged in
> users.
>
> On Monday, June 6, 2016 at 7:10:51 PM UTC+2, Lisandro wrote:
>>
>> I've been doing some more test and a bit more reading about this, and I
>> can see (if I'm not wrong) that this is not a problem, it's the expected
>> behaviour.
>> @cache.action does precisely that: it sets cache headers for client-side
>> caching, that is, browser side caching.
>> And, *optionally*, it allows you to set server-cache also (using a
>> cache.model, like ram, disk or redis).
>>
>> So, using @cache.action, the user (without being logged) visits a page
>> and the browser stores the view in cache.
>> Then the user logs in, and returns to the previously visited page, and
>> the browser uses the copy in local caché.
>>
>> I've read that I could use the old (but still perfectly valid) method of
>> @cache decorator.
>> However @cache.action has some facilities to handle vars and session.
>> wich aren't present with @cache
>>
>>
>> The whole point of this was to avoid an extra ajax call from the views.
>> I was using the same cached view for all users, and the HTML returned to
>> the browser had an ajax call that loaded the user menu.
>> However. this meant that the models were executed twice per every page
>> visit, and that wasn't very good, also I'm trying to save CPU.
>>
>> I'll try to figure out if there is an alternative.
>>
>>
>>
>> El lunes, 6 de junio de 2016, 10:26:35 (UTC-3), Lisandro escribió:
>>>
>>> I need to decorate a controller function with @cache.action in order to
>>> have two different versions of the rendered view: one for logged-in users
>>> and another one for not logged-in users.
>>>
>>> Notice that I don't need one different caché for each user (that could
>>> be achieved using session argument).
>>> Instead, what I need is two versions of the rendered view: one for all
>>> the users that aren't logged-in, and one for all the users that are
>>> logged-in.
>>> The only difference between those two versions of the rendered view is
>>> that one of them includes a top navbar, which is is the same for all
>>> logged-in users, but it shouldn't be present in the cache version for not
>>> logged-in users.
>>>
>>>
>>> Because I need the same behaviour in several controller functions, the
>>> way I do it is defining the @cache.action parameters at the models level,
>>> like this:
>>>
>>> CACHE = Storage()
>>> CACHE.prefix = ''
>>> CACHE.time_expire = 300
>>> CACHE.public = True
>>> CACHE.session = False
>>> CACHE.vars = False
>>> if auth.is_logged_in():
>>> CACHE.prefix += 'logged-in-'
>>> CACHE.public = False
>>> # CACHE.model = None
>>>
>>>
>>> The I use that configuration in controller functions:
>>>
>>> @cache.action(time_expire=CACHE.time_expire, cache_model=CACHE.model,
>>> session=CACHE.session, vars=CACHE.vars, public=CACHE.public, prefix=
>>> CACHE.prefix)
>>> def index():
>>> return response.render(...)
>>>
>>>
>>> @cache.action(time_expire=CACHE.time_expire, cache_model=CACHE.model,
>>> session=CACHE.session, vars=CACHE.vars, public=CACHE.public, prefix=
>>> CACHE.prefix)
>>> def forum():
>>> return response.render(...)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> However, I'm having trouble to make it work as I want.
>>> It's not working entirely wrong, but the problem is this:
>>> 1) the user hits the index, without being logged-in;
>>> 2) the user logs in
>>> 3) the user goes back to index, but still sees the cached page (I
>>> think it's the browser that is using local cache). If the user reloads the
>>> page (hitting F5 or Ctrl+R), then the new view is shown.
>>>
>>>
>>> What am I missing?
>>>
>>> As you can see in the code, I've tried:
>>> - setting public=False regardless of the logged in state;
>>> - setting cache.model=None when the user is logged-in;
>>> - using a different prefix for logged in users;
>>>
>>> But the problem remains: after logging in, the user need to hit F5 in
>>> order to see the other view.
>>>
>>>
>>> As always, I will appreciate any help on this.
>>> Regards, Lisandro
>>>
>>
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