Hey guys,
I've been working on converting my PHP web service client for eBay to
web2py . I've got it successfully pulling the time from the eBay
servers using xml.dom.minidom and I am quite excited about this
because it's a lot easier to do so far.
I am still a bit confused on the MVC way of doing things however.
Since the service is similar to a database in a remote location should
I be writing the service calls as part of the models or controllers?
The way I am doing it now is all from the controller, then returning
the information to the views. I can see a way to separate it even
further but I want to make sure I am following the MVC style and not
allowing my bad PHP habits to follow me.
Here's a small example of the controller as it is now without all the
code.
def buildHeaders():
setup http headers with credentials
return
def buildConnectio():
do httplib stuff
return
def checkErrors()
parse returned data for errors
return
def gettime():
build the time requestXML, setup headers, open a connection, pull
data, check for errors and return results to view
return dict(time=time)
As you can see the only thing really applicable to this controller
will be "gettime". The first three functions will remain the same for
the most part and should actually be private methods. Thanks for any
light you can shed on this.
- David
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