So, within a webapp.RequestHandler subclass I would use self.request.uri to get the request URI. But, I can't access this outside of a RequestHandler and so no go. Any ideas?
I'm running Python and I'm new at it as well as GAE.
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You should generally be doing everything within some sort of RequestHandler or the equivalent in your non-WebApp framework. However, if you really insist on being stuck in the early 1990s and writing plain CGI scripts, the environment variables SERVER_NAME and PATH_INFO may be what you want; see a CGI reference for more info.
Wooble
2009-10-20 11:34:22
Yes, first import os and then look into `os.environ['PATH_INFO']` and `os.environ['QUERY_STRING']`.
jhs
2009-10-20 12:34:42
I would disagree that it's just a 90s thing. Different apps have a variety of needs. Once I had to ensure a trailing slash in URLs. Instead of webapp, I just checked `PATH_INFO` and set the `Location` header if it was wrong. Of course in general I agree with Woobie that you need a framework.
jhs
2009-10-20 12:36:04
The reason I'm looking to do this is to avoid passing this value through a long string of functions. Maybe I need to rethink how I'm writing this?
donut
2009-10-21 08:00:25
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Since using request outside code handling it is meaningless I assume you'd like to access it from some method called by handler without passing request to it. Your choices are:
- Refactor code so that request is passed to it.
- When the former is not possible use a hack by defining a global
threading.local(), storing request somewhere in request handler and access it in your method.
Denis Otkidach
2009-10-20 11:43:35
You don't need threading.local() because App Engine Python is single-threaded.
Nick Johnson
2009-10-20 13:46:42
Haha, you've got me pegged. Look at my comment on Wooble's answer. I'm thinking I'll need to look at re-factoring my code.
donut
2009-10-21 08:02:29