Sure. To make this app work with any app name you would modify db.py:
openid = local_import('w2popenid')
oid_login = openid.OpenIDLogin(URL(r=request, c='default',
f='openID'), globals())On Jul 16, 2:44 pm, Yarin <[email protected]> wrote: > I see- yeah there were some mid-hardcoded import statements- fixed > them and now I can access edit screens. > > Can you show me an example of using the local_import function? > > On Jul 16, 3:11 pm, "mr.freeze" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If you look in db.py of the application you will see: > > from applications.cas.modules.w2popenid import OpenIDLogin > > If you named the application something other than 'cas', the import > > will fail and throw an error. > > > It's best practice to use the local_import function to import modules > > from within your app's modules folder. This will use > > request.application instead of a hard-coded value. > > > On Jul 16, 2:00 pm, Yarin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Where do you see the application name, and what difference does it > > > make? > > > > On Jul 16, 2:37 pm, "mr.freeze" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Unzipping to web2py/applications is sufficient. It looks like the > > > > application name is hard-coded as 'cas'. Did you name it something > > > > else? > > > > > On Jul 16, 1:05 pm, Yarin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm trying to install an existing application from source code I > > > > > pulled off of > > > > > bitbucket:http://bitbucket.org/hc/w2popenid/get/3fc7570ecc85.zip > > > > > > Guess I'm not clear on the process. Is it enough to unzip the source > > > > > into a directory under ../web2py/applications/ ? I did that, and the > > > > > application show up in the installed applications of my site, but it > > > > > doesn't work - keep on getting an internal error with unrecoverable > > > > > ticket whenever I try to edit. I tried to compile as well, but it > > > > > says "Cannot compile: there are errors in your app:" I don't know if > > > > > I'm dealing with an install or an app issue? > > > > > > The admin interface offers an option of uploading 'packed' > > > > > applications- So if I wanted to pack this source from the command > > > > > line, would I just tar/zip it and add an .w2p extension? > > > > > > Sorry if this has been covered before- I can't seem to find any good > > > > > information on this.
