Using the pattern-based system, you have two options (which can be mixed)
-- Python regular expressions as well as an alternative simpler syntax,
both described here:
http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/4#Pattern-based-system. There
are many additional resources on the internet for learning about regular
expressions (e.g., http://docs.python.org/library/re.html).
Anthony
On Friday, August 17, 2012 12:23:48 AM UTC-4, deepak wrote:
>
> I just want to know how to create URL pattern in routes.py, what i really
> want to understand is, how to parse parameters in URL patterns like the
> one, Massimo showed in his example --
>
> *('/article/(?P<id>\d+)' , '/appname/default/article/$id')*
>
> *(?P<id>\d+) *
> *
> *
> I would be really helpful if I could get any references.
>
> Deepak
>
> On Thursday, 16 August 2012 22:48:10 UTC+5:30, Massimo Di Pierro wrote:
>>
>> I would recommend Anthony's solution but you can do something similar
>> like this:
>>
>> 1) create a file routes.py with
>> # ---- begin ----
>> routes_in = [
>> ('/' , '/appname/default/api_root'),
>> ('/articles' , '/appname/default/api_articles'),
>> ('/article/(?P<id>\d+)' , '/appname/default/article/$id')]
>>
>> routes_out=[(b,a) for (a,b) in routes_in]
>> # --- end ---
>>
>> then in your default.py controller you can do:
>>
>> def api_root():
>> return 'Welcome'
>>
>> def api_articles():
>> return 'List of ' + URL('api_articles')
>>
>> def api_article():
>> articleid = request.args(0,cast=int)
>> return 'You are reading ' + articleid
>>
>> you can also do
>>
>> @request.restful
>> def api_article():
>> def GET(articleid):
>> return 'You are reading ' + articleid
>> return locals()
>>
>>
>> Massimo
>>
>> On Thursday, 16 August 2012 04:05:21 UTC-5, deepak wrote:
>>>
>>> I would like to perform REST Services by mapping url to the
>>> controller-function. For eg:
>>>
>>> @app.route('/')def api_root():
>>> return 'Welcome'
>>> @app.route('/articles')def api_articles():
>>> return 'List of ' + url_for('api_articles')
>>> @app.route('/articles/<articleid>')def api_article(articleid):
>>> return 'You are reading ' + articleid
>>>
>>> which could be done in Flask. Basically i would want to match the URLs
>>> to the service in web2py.
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, 14 August 2012 23:43:20 UTC+5:30, Anthony wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It looks like you could do all of that with web2py. Can you be more
>>>> specific regarding how you want your URLs to look and what they should
>>>> retrieve. In addition to RESTful services and routing, have you looked at
>>>> the basics: http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/4#Dispatching?
>>>>
>>>> Anthony
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 1:10:58 PM UTC-4, deepak wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I want to use RESTful URL patters likewise in Flask, '
>>>>> http://publish.luisrei.com/articles/flaskrest.html'
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All I could end up finding was to make use of routes.py [routes_in &
>>>>> routes_out].
>>>>>
>>>>> Deepak
>>>>>
>>>>
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