On Dec 16, 2009, at 6:58 PM, Álvaro Justen [Turicas] wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 20:50, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>> I would suggest creating a model 0_redefine_url.py that contains:
>>
>> _URL=URL
>> def URL(*a,**b):
>> if not 'secure' in b:
>> return _URL(*a,**b)
>> elif b['secure']:
>> del b['secure']
>> return 'https://'+request.env.http_host + _URL(*a,**b)
>> else:
>> del b['secure']
>> return 'http://'+request.env.http_host + _URL(*a,**b)
>>
>> and use URL(....,secure=True), URL(...secure=False) as required
>
> I think this is very useful. Can we add this in trunk?
It *would* be useful, I think. If URL() defaults secure=None ...
>
>> Massimo
>>
>> 'https://'+request.env.http_host +'/app/default/logon')
>>
>> On Dec 10, 2:11 pm, Wes James <compte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Actually, I don't think it would matter if there were a proxy or not??
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Wes James <compte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> As long as you don't have a proxy between your users and the server
>>>> something with request.env could be used
>>>
>>>> def login():
>>>> if request.env.port != 443:
>>>> redirect('https://'+request.env.http_host +'/app/default/logon')
>>>
>>>> -wes
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Jay <j...@unclehenrys.com> wrote:
>>>>> I am new to web2py and Apache w/mod_ssl and I have been searching
>>>>> for
>>>>> a solution related to this topic but I must be missing a basic
>>>>> understanding of the necessary pieces in order to accomplish this.
>>>
>>>>> Our web2py apache setup seems to be fine. I can access our app's
>>>>> pages using both http and https if I manually add the 's' to the url.
>>>
>>>>> What we are trying to do is smoothly transition from one controller/
>>>>> function using http to another using https.
>>>>> Example, a user arrives athttp://init/default/indexand then the
>>>>> user
>>>>> selects ‘Login’ and they are sent to https:/init/default/login. We
>>>>> need some controller functions to use http and some https. Can this
>>>>> be done from within the controller/function? If not, what is the
>>>>> ‘best practice’ approach to accomplishing this?
>>>
>>>>> - Jay
>>>
>>>>> --
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