Alexis Marrero-Narváez
amarrero at mitre.org
Wed Dec 1 20:33:58 EST 2004
I need enlightenment with this subject. I have the following configuration. Alias /python/ "/Users/amarre/Sites/web-app/" <Directory "/Users/amarre/Sites/web-app/"> AddHandler mod_python .py PythonHandler hello AddHandler mod_python .psp PythonHandler mod_python.psp PythonDebug On </Directory> In my /Users/amarre/Sites/web-app/ I have two files hello.py and hello_a.psp. If I visit the url http://localhost/python/hello_a.psp I display the ouput of hello.py concatenated with the output of hello_a.psp. This tells me that one (hello.py) was executed before the other one (hello_a.psp). I understand that if I define more than one handle they executed in the order they are added but, the first handler was added for ".py" files and the second one for ".psp". And that's what is confusing me. How can I change the configuration to have both files coexist in the same directory while executing just the one being addressed by the URL? The next question is regarding how to implement the MVC pattern. How does this two options compare: Combining mod_python.publisher with PSP templates vs. mod_python generic handler and mod_python.psp handler. By the second I mean doing all the business logic in the generic handler and using the req object as a container of anything that needs to be passed on to the psp. For instance: def handler(req): #do all logic #now add any data to the req object req.name = 'name' req.greeting = 'hello' return apache.OK Then in the psp, we can use req.name and req.greeting as we please. To be more fancy I could create a Container object that I then put it in the request object for later use in the PSP. One of the disadvantages that I see by implementing by using publisher + psp is that you don't have the great power of doing http://example.com/mypsp.psp_ (underscore for debbuging). How does this two options compare and why should I go for one rather than the other? The last question is (related to the first one), how can I configure httpd.conf so I could have multiple python scripts in the same directory and be able to address them separately. For instance: /python_scripts/hello.py /python_script/bye.py Access each one independently of the other one. I hope that anyone can understand all this! Cheers, /amn
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