If you look at the ReportLab example in chapter 9 of the book, it uses the private folder to make the PDF file, which is then deleted. So I guess that private is for temporary working stuff - a folder that can be cleaned out if necessary. And, if such a file is worth keeping, I guess it should be moved to uploads?
On Jun 24, 5:13 am, weheh <[email protected]> wrote: > Massimo, thanks for the app. I'm studying it. > > From the doc, I'm not sure I get a crystal clear understanding of what > the web2py convention is. > > Let's say my app lets you upload a music mp3 file, a file with a > description (liner notes), and a jpeg (album cover). These get > uploaded to "uploads". Should I allow them to be downloaded from > uploads or do I need to move them both to "static" first? > > What if I mix the uploaded mp3 with some more music to make another > mp3 file, which isn't uploaded. Should it be moved to the static > folder? > > Finally, the doc says, "private files are accessed by the controllers > but not directly by the > developer." I've been trying to parse that statement but it makes no > sense to me. I'm the developer. I write the controller. My controller > tries to access private directly. Does that make me not the developer? > So what exactly is the purpose of the private folder? > > On Jun 23, 3:15 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Two issues: > > > - you are donwloading from private not uploads folder. Thenically this > > is ok but not a web2py convention. You should not expose the content > > for the private folder. That is why it is called private. ;-) > > > - you used embed to embed a file, but it should be used to embed a > > plugin. I have used a flash plugin for this purpose. > > > Here is an app to manage music files that you can use as example: > > >http://web2py.com/examples/static/web2py.app.music.w2p > > > Massimo > > > On Jun 22, 10:50 pm, weheh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Continuing this old > > > thread:http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/59b66b3a24... > > > > I'm having trouble getting an embedded mp3 from showing up in my web > > > page. I'm trying to implement this almost exactly as Massimo suggested > > > in the above thread. Anybody know why my code below isn't functioning? > > > > #controller "audio.py" > > > def download_audio(): > > > f=os.path.join(request.folder,'private',request.args(0)) > > > return response.stream(open(f,'rb')) > > > > #model "show_audio.py" > > > def show_audio(): > > > filename='audio/aab/hello_world.mp3' # this is a hardcoded value > > > for this test case > > > url=URL(r=request,c='audio',f='download_audio',args=filename) > > > return EMBED(_src=url,_autoplay='true') > > > > #view "index.html" > > > {{=show_audio()}}
