thank you! will try shortly
On Feb 21, 6:45 pm, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday, February 21, 2011 9:08:16 PM UTC-5, darkblue_b wrote: > > > I guess I am still missing something.. > > I wrote this, but, logged in, I get a msg that says "no json" and a > > blank screen > > > ##-- controllers/data_hose.py > > from gluon.serializers import json > > > @auth.requires_login() > > > ##------------------------------------ > > def get_data(): > > sample_data = { 'key1' : 'response 1' } > > return sample_data > > > def data_as_json(): > > stuff = get_data() > > return json( stuff ) > > @auth.requires_login() is a Python decorator, so you have to put it on the > line immediately before the function you want to decorate -- in this case: > > @auth.requires_login() > def data_as_json(): > stuff = get_data() > return json(stuff) > > Seehttp://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/08#Decoratorsfor more details. > > Also, any function in your controller file that takes no arguments or > doesn't start with two underscores can be accessed via a URL request, so you > may not want a function like get_data() in your controller. If the sole > purpose of that function is to be called by other functions (such as > data_as_json), then you should either start it with two underscores (i.e., > def __get_data()), make sure it takes at least one argument (e.g., def > get_data(dummy_arg)), or import it from a module. For more details, > seehttp://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/04#Dispatching. > > Anthony
