I think you actually want: auth.settings.on_failed_authentication = fff
Note, authentication rather than authorization. I believe on_failed_authentication will be called before any redirect to the login page, and on_failed_authorization gets called after login if the condition for authorization fails. Anthony On Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:31:25 AM UTC-4, d wrote: > > Thanks Anthony, > > After change to > > auth.settings.on_failed_authorization = fff > > for controller which requires log in and if user not logged in, it > redirect to log in page. But purpose of using fff function is to raise > http error but not redirecting to log in page. > > > def fff(): > raise HTTP(403, "Http 403, Login failed or Not logged in") > > auth.settings.on_failed_authorization = fff > > > so, any idea where is problem? is it because fff() function is not > right? > > Thanks a lot. > > > On Oct 19, 10:36 am, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > > You should do: > > > > auth.settings.on_failed_authorization = fff > > > > You were calling the function fff() instead of assigning it to > > on_failed_authorization. Auth will call the function itself at the > > appropriate time. > > > > Anthony > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, October 19, 2011 10:21:18 AM UTC-4, d wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > I am newbie in web2py, and currently work on web service of model > > > part, say if user is logged in, then then can see the data, otherwise > > > I want to raise http 403 error but not redirect user to log in page. > > > Right now seems redirect user to log in page is default option. > > > > > I tried but failed, here is what I tried: > > > > > 1. In Models, db.py > > > > > add > > > > > def fff(): > > > raise HTTP(403, "Http 403, Login failed or Not logged in") > > > > > auth.settings.on_failed_authorization = fff() > > > > > So, I want to tell web2py if on failed authorization, call function > > > fff(), which will raise http 403 error > > > > > 2. In controller, > > > say a.py > > > > > in a function > > > > > @auth.requires_login() > > > def aaa(): > > > ........ > > > > > so it says function aaa required logged in, and if not logged in, it > > > should see auth.settings.on_failed_authorization = fff() in db.py > > > > > but somehow it did not works, because for all the controller and > > > normal view, it always display this http 403 error, I dont know where > > > is the problem, can someone help me, thanks a lot!
