I would recommend you do something like this
@action('index')
@action.uses('index.html', session)
def index():
...
return dict(session=dict(session))
This will pass a shallow copy of the session to the view. You will be free
to read from the session in index.html but you should not write it.
On Friday, 17 January 2020 12:34:43 UTC-8, Jim S wrote:
>
> I should re-state my problem. With web2py I wasn't using session, but
> response. I added a couple of attributes that always got added to the
> response object. Not sure how to mimic that in py4web, or would I even
> want to?
>
> -Jim
>
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 11:16 AM Jim S <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm trying to pass a session variable to layout.html but it tells me that
>> session is not available:
>>
>> NameError: name 'session' is not defined
>>
>> I use this technique in web2py to send a page title to layout.html
>> without having to pass it in the returned dict from the controller.
>>
>> Obviously I'm being lazy using this technique. Will this work with
>> py4web or is it best for me to pass in explicitly in each controller?
>>
>> -Jim
>>
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