for blobstore usage i followed (more or less) the steps here:
http://web2pyslices.com/main/slices/take_slice/63. i added my tweaks
to the process in the comments (as cfhowes)
good luck!
cfh
On May 15, 8:47 am, Oatman <thelastanom...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry to hijack the thread somewhat, but where can I find out how to
> use blobstore simply to upload large files with web2py?
>
> Thanks,
> Tris
>
> On May 4, 1:41 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > You can do
>
> > form = SQLFORM(db.artwork, request.args[0], fields=fields,
> > upload=URL(r=request, c='gae',
> > f='preview'),_action=....)
>
> > On May 3, 4:11 pm, howesc <how...@umich.edu> wrote:
>
> > > Hello,
>
> > > Is it intentional that when using SQLFORM, and custom views (with
> > > form.custom.begin), that if i modify attributes after initial form
> > > construction I have to update form.custom.begin myself?
>
> > > here's my example:
>
> > > form = SQLFORM(db.artwork, request.args[0], fields=fields,
> > > upload=URL(r=request, c='gae', f='preview'))
>
> > > if request.env.web2py_runtime_gae:
> > > fromgoogle.appengine.ext importblobstore
> > > upload_url =
> > >blobstore.create_upload_url(URL(r=request,f='upload_art',
> > > args=request.args,
>
> > > vars={'redir':URL(r=request,c='account', f='index')}))
>
> > > form['_action']=upload_url
> > > (begin, end) = form._xml()
> > > form.custom.begin = XML("<%s %s>" % (form.tag, begin))
>
> > > note that if i don't update form.custom.begin myself it does not
> > > include the '_action' attribute. In most cases you just initialize
> > > the form with all the needed attributes, but in this case if i'm on
> > >googleappenginei need the upload field to post to another URL
> > > (since i'm usingblobstore), but if i'm not on GAE i can use the
> > > regular action.
>
> > > I suppose at this point theapponly runs on GAE, so i can just skip
> > > the if statement, but thought this might be a low-priority bug.
>
> > > thanks,
>
> > > christian
