In
> ('/(.*)', '/riffant/default/index/$1'),
the (.*) is not named and therefore not set to $1. This is because of
how web2py uses regex shortcuts. You can do instead
('/$anything', '/riffant/default/index/$anything'),
$anything is a catch-all shortcut.
On Apr 14, 5:18 pm, Oatman <[email protected]> wrote:
> You're quite right, after messing around, I've fixed up a very simple
> route that works with POST, as you suggest it would:
> [...]
> ('/new', '/riffant/default/new'), # works
> [...]
>
> However, I still have a (hopefully) simple routing problem, the last
> hurdle I hope before I update the GaE version (Thank you so much for
> making it so easy to publish to gae BTW!). Here it is:
>
> My index controller is routed thusly:
> ('/(.*)', '/riffant/default/index/$1'),
>
> and it uses the request.args(0) to get a single string as an arg, like
> this "http://localhost:8000/stringgoeshere
> However, with the above route, it never picks up the string, here's
> the controller code:
>
> if request.args(0):
> shortname = request.args(0)
> try:
> entry = db(db.email.shortname == shortname).select()[0]
> except IndexError:
> redirect(URL(r=request,f='index'))
> response.title = entry.email
> return dict(entry=entry,input=True)
> else:
> return dict(input=False)
>
> I've added the boolean "input" variable to confirm that
> request.args(0) isn't being set (input is never true).
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Tris
>
> On Apr 14, 4:41 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Routing does not affect post data so I do not think that is the
> > problem. Can we see the form action, the generated html and the
> > complete routes?
>
> > On Apr 14, 7:27 am, Oatman <[email protected]> wrote:> Hi all,
>
> > > I'm having some real trouble finding out how to get forms to self-
> > > submit successfully, when the URL they are on is re-routed using
> > > routes.py.
>
> > > My app is called Riffant & I have a form running on / (/ is re-routed
> > > to /riffant/default/index) which doesn't work using this config:
>
> > > routes_in = (
> > > ('/riffant/static/(.*)', '/riffant/static/$1'),
> > > ('/(.*)', '/riffant/default/index/$1'),
> > > )
> > > routes_out = (
> > > ('/riffant/default/index(?P<any>)', '/\g<any>'),
> > > ('/riffant/(?P<any>)', '/\g<any>'),
> > > )
>
> > > I suspect it is because the POST data is not routed, but I couldn't
> > > find an example of that outside the cryptic one in the official book:
> > > [...]
> > > ('140\.191\.\d+\.\d+:https://www.web2py.com:POST/(?P<any>.*)\.php',
> > > [...]
>
> > > Any ideas?
>
> > > Many thanks,
> > > Tris
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