Sorry I cant make any head, nor tail of this.I need you help On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 8:13 AM, Maurice Waka <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't have it. > Let me work it out > > On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 10:33 PM, Dave S <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 7:13:31 PM UTC-8, Maurice Waka wrote: >>> >>> Why I said that: >>> >>> 1. Loading takes too long to load >>> 2. I get an error: invalid controller..see below >>> 3. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Loading takes too long? the LOAD helper should be faster than a page >> refresh, give or take a cache hit. >> >> Do you have the file my-chatbot-app/controllers/messages.py, and does it >> have the function answers() ? >> >> /dps >> >> >> >>> On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 1:58 PM, Maurice Waka <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for the reply and details. It will take me several weeks juts to >>>> get something to work out. As I had said, am not an expert in this as I do >>>> part time programming; I have to study it first then practice till I get >>>> something to work out. >>>> Is it OK if you give me a working example?...😜 >>>> Kind regards >>>> >>>> On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 9:32 AM, Dave S <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, November 10, 2017 at 1:30:40 AM UTC-8, Maurice Waka wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi everyone. >>>>>> For several months, though not a python expert, nor a web2py guru >>>>>> either, I have been working on a simple bot. I borrowed from this site: >>>>>> https://codepen.io/pavel_komiagin/pen/gaGJJK >>>>>> [...] >>>>>> I also don't want page refreshed on posting the question, that it >>>>>> works like other bots where the messages appear from the bottom as they >>>>>> come in. Ifigured out that maybe as the page refreshes, that's when the >>>>>> cursor moves first up then to the bottom of the page, then the message >>>>>> appears. >>>>>> I dont mind a new code or referral. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> That "append to the current page" stuff is ajax. Web2py has a very >>>>> handy wrapper for ajax, the LOAD() helper. >>>>> <URL:http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/12/component >>>>> s-and-plugins#LOAD> >>>>> The target argument specifies where on the page to put the results ... >>>>> you need a DIV that matches. >>>>> >>>>> My example, which goes in the view file: >>>>> >>>>> {{=LOAD(c='myhosts', f='myhosts2.load', target='my_hosts', >>>>> content="something's >>>>> happening", ajax=True)}} >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> To continually append more messages, instead of replacing old with >>>>> new, you would need to have multiple DIVs, and point to a different DIV >>>>> for >>>>> each message. >>>>> >>>>> The above code will run automatically on initial page load, which you >>>>> may or may not want, depending on whether you want messages from a >>>>> previous >>>>> visit to appear. >>>>> >>>>> I have done some stuff where I want a user to click a button to get >>>>> more information, and so I fabricate an html string in the controller, put >>>>> the string into the dict I return, and the view displays the string in the >>>>> appropriate part of the page. >>>>> >>>>> The string includes something like this: >>>>> >>>>> dis_str = CAT(dis_str, TT(" "), >>>>> A("mystuff list", _href=URL("mystuff.html", vars=dict >>>>> (ipaddr=ipaddr, hnam >>>>> e=hname, tdisk=index)), >>>>> _style="visibility:visible", _id="stuffh"), >>>>> TT("\n "), >>>>> TAG.BUTTON('mystuff list', _type="button", _name= >>>>> "val2controller", _value=val2controller, >>>>> _onclick='$("#mystuff_div").html("updating >>>>> ..");ajax("mystuff.load", ["val2controller"], "mystuff_div")', >>>>> _style="display:none", _id="mystuffa")) >>>>> >>>>> I think you can manipulate the DIV name either server side or client >>>>> side, but I haven't tested any code for that purpose. >>>>> >>>>> Server side: keep the name in the session object, update it on each >>>>> load, and in the view/controller/response.load file use the DIV helper >>>>> after you display your messages. This will end up nesting the DIVs, but I >>>>> don't think that's a problem. Caveat coder. >>>>> >>>>> Client side: use javascript to tap into the onclick path, and insert >>>>> a new DIV into the DOM, then use that DIV's name in the ajax call. You >>>>> may >>>>> have to go direct to ajax in this scheme, rather than using the LOAD >>>>> helper. This will require a little more study, but look at the other >>>>> material in the book's component chapter, and it may help you out. >>>>> >>>>> Note that using ajax requires that your users allow javascript from >>>>> your site, and there are plenty of people reluctant to do that, but if >>>>> they >>>>> are going to trust your site they might as well trust your site. Using >>>>> something like noscript gives them some confidence that they protected >>>>> against cross-site scripting attacks, but they can whitelist your site to >>>>> view your pages. (noscript is for firefox; I don't know the equivalent in >>>>> other browsers, but chrome has some of the features built in but not as >>>>> easily tuned.) >>>>> >>>>> Good luck! I hope this helps, and that I haven't fed you too much >>>>> bogus information. >>>>> >>>>> /dps >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 a topic in the >>>>> Google Groups "web2py-users" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/to >>>>> pic/web2py/eH5y3Yvz56Q/unsubscribe. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >> 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 a topic in the >> Google Groups "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/to >> pic/web2py/eH5y3Yvz56Q/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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. 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