Yeah, copying the default generic.html to getsensors.html (and ditto for *.json) worked.
I'll try the debugging steps you suggested, see what I come up with. On Sep 13, 12:08 pm, Jonathan Lundell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 12, 2011, at 6:45 PM, Hugh Barker wrote: > > > This is my db.py: > > > from gluon.tools import Service > > > db = DAL('postgres://postgres:@server/geospatial') > > response.generic_patterns = ['*'] > > service = Service() > > Nothing jumps out at me. As a sanity check, you might try copying > views/generic.html to views/default/getsensors.html and verify that it works > as expected that way. If it doesn't work, at least it'd tell us that things > were seriously strange (and if it does work you'd have a workaround). > > If you feel like troubleshooting, try this. > > In gluon/compileapp.py, find run_view_in. A local string badv is defined > early on, which is the path you see below in the error message. Leave that > definition along, but search forward for the two double uses of badv, in a > pair of raise statements. I'm assuming that you haven't compiled your app? No > appname/compiled/ directory? In that case we want the second raise. > > Just before the raise, insert: badv = filename > > We *should* see a full path ending views/generic.html. > > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 13, 11:13 am, Jonathan Lundell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sep 12, 2011, at 6:10 PM, Bruno Rocha wrote: > > >>> do you have response.generic_patterns = ['*'] in your models? > > >> The stock line (for security) is > > >> response.generic_patterns = ['*'] if request.is_local else [] > > >>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 9:50 PM, HughBarker <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> So I've got a controller that builds a dict of strings and returns > >>> them - although I'm building the dict dynamically, essentially what > >>> I'm doing is this: > > >>> def getsensors(): > >>> d = {'airTemp' : 'Air Temperature', 'PAR' : 'PAR', > >>> 'IMOSPortRadiometer' : 'IMOS Port Radiometer'} > >>> return d > > >>> When I call the URL, ie ../default/getsensors, I get 'invalid view > >>> (default/getsensors.html)'. > > >>> My understanding was that if a dict is returned from a controller and > >>> you call the appropriate URL, the dict will get processed and > >>> displayed on screen (ultimately what I'm trying to do is call > >>> getsensors.json and process the returned JSON, kind of like Example 3 > >>> athttp://web2py.com/examples/default/examples). > > >>> I've played around with this a fair bit now, and I can't understand > >>> why it isn't working. I'm sure it's some elementary mistake on my > >>> part, but any help would be appreciated. > > >>> -Hugh > > >>> -- > > >>> -- > >>> Bruno Rocha > >>> [ About me:http://zerp.ly/rochacbruno] > >>> [ Aprenda a programar:http://CursoDePython.com.br] > >>> [ O seu aliado nos cuidados com os animais:http://AnimalSystem.com.br] > >>> [ Consultoria em desenvolvimento web:http://www.blouweb.com]
