Better Url Handling for web.py
In my post about web.py I touched upon the fact that I don’t like web.py’s way of defining URL’s, that I find it too loose. Well, it’s a minor problem, but rather trivial to solve, so I did. As quoted in the original post, there is a bit more typing, but I personally prefer this solution. (To be fair, the example I gave in the original post can be applied to this code as well, but I’d say this makes it a tiny bit more readable):
def webpyurl(_tuple):
"""
Map a structured tuple to a url that web.py will accept.
Turns a tuple of the format
(
('a', 'b'),
('c', 'd')
)
into
(
'a', 'b',
'c', 'd'
)
Rather simple, but can make a huge difference in readability.
@require enhancedappend()
"""
thislist = []
for (a,b) in _tuple:
enhancedappend(thislist, a, b)
return tuple(thislist)
def enhancedappend(_list, *appends):
"""
list.append only takes 1 argument, this allows for more to be added
"""
for append in appends:
_list.append(append)