On Dec 17, 2009, at 6:38 AM, Jay wrote:
> I cant seem to make this work. I created the file in models
> and modified a url helper to use it and received the following error:
>
> TypeError: URL() got an unexpected keyword argument 'secure'
It might help to see the entire traceback.
>
> A few follow up questions:
> 1. Did you intend to say 'model' rather than module?
'models'
> 2. How do I integrate 0_redefine_url.py into my app such that the
> URL
> helper will accept the keyword argument 'secure'?
The idea is to stick it in applications/yourapp/models/, which makes it visible
to the entire app. The prepended '0' makes it sort to the beginning, so it's
also available to the other model files.
>
> Thanks
>
> - Jay
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 17, 1:20 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>> I do not think it is a idea because would encourage people to use it
>> and build non-portable applications.
>> If users were doing that, the applications may break when running on
>> port 8000 or would break when being a proxy if it where to detect the
>> port. There is no definitive way for the app to know the public URL.
>>
>> Moreover it would only form when called with URL(r=request,...) but
>> not when called with URL(app,...) because it would have no knowledge
>> of the request object.
>>
>> I think whether to use https and/or https should be handled outside
>> the application.
>>
>> Massimo
>>
>> On Dec 16, 10:52 pm, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> 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/indexandthenthe
>>>>>>>> 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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