response.download expects the last arg in the url to be the filename, so
you might be able to pass the image.id as the first arg:
args=[image.id, image.file]
Anthony
On Thursday, October 27, 2011 11:39:22 AM UTC-4, thodoris wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am wondering what is the best way to count how many times a file has
> been downloaded. I have the following:
>
> db.define_table('image',
> Field('file', 'upload'),
> Field('downloads','integer', default=0,readable=False,
> writable=False))
>
> I have a view that has the following:
>
> {{=A("Download", _href=URL('download', args=image.file))}}
>
> So when Download is clicked the file file will be downloaded.
>
> The function that is called is:
>
> def download():
> return response.download(request,db)
>
> How can i increase the can increase the image.downloads each time a
> file is downloaded.
>
> I don't know how or if it is possible to pass the image.id in download
> and increase the counter doing something like:
>
> item = db.image[request.vars.id]
> new_downloads = item.downloads + 1
> item.update_record(downloads=new_downloads)
>
> I tried passing more arguments to download like args=[image.file,
> mage.id] but it fails. Any ideas????
