In that sentence, [controller] is a placeholder for the actual name of the controller (that's why it's in brackets) -- it is not meant to refer to the "controllers" folder. The full path would be: /web2py/applications/[application]/views/[controller]/[function].json.
Anthony On Friday, June 8, 2012 9:11:38 AM UTC-4, Robin Wood wrote: > > I think I've just found a typo in the official book. Page > > http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/3 > > In a grey box there is this sentence > > If an extension other than "html" is specified ("json" for example), > and the view file "[controller]/[function].json" is not found, web2py > looks for the view "generic.json". > > Shouldn't the view file be in views not controller? > > Robin >
