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| author | Chris McDonough <chrism@plope.com> | 2011-01-30 16:56:51 -0500 |
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| committer | Chris McDonough <chrism@plope.com> | 2011-01-30 16:56:51 -0500 |
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- Remove duplication of ``add_route`` API documentation from URL Dispatch
narrative chapter.
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diff --git a/docs/narr/urldispatch.rst b/docs/narr/urldispatch.rst index 1fc557254..db6977feb 100644 --- a/docs/narr/urldispatch.rst +++ b/docs/narr/urldispatch.rst @@ -385,12 +385,14 @@ Route Configuration Arguments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Route configuration ``add_route`` statements may specify a large number of -arguments. +arguments. They are documented as part of the API documentation at +:meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.add_route`. Many of these arguments are :term:`route predicate` arguments. A route predicate argument specifies that some aspect of the request must be true for the associated route to be considered a match during the route matching -process. +process. Examples of route predicate arguments are ``pattern``, ``xhr``, and +``request_method``. Other arguments are view configuration related arguments. These only have an effect when the route configuration names a ``view``. @@ -398,194 +400,6 @@ effect when the route configuration names a ``view``. Other arguments are ``name`` and ``factory``. These arguments represent neither predicates nor view configuration information. -**Non-Predicate Arguments** - -``name`` - The name of the route, e.g. ``myroute``. This attribute is required. It - must be unique among all defined routes in a given application. - -``factory`` - A Python object (often a function or a class) or a :term:`dotted Python - name` to such an object that will generate a :app:`Pyramid` resource object - as the :term:`root` when this route matches. For example, - ``mypackage.resources.MyFactoryClass``. If this argument is not specified, - the traversal root factory will be used. - -``traverse`` - If you would like to cause the :term:`context` resource to be something - other than the :term:`root` resource object when this route matches, you - can spell a traversal pattern as the ``traverse`` argument. This traversal - pattern will be used as the traversal path: traversal will begin at the - root object implied by this route (either the global root, or the object - returned by the ``factory`` associated with this route). - - The syntax of the ``traverse`` argument is the same as it is for - ``pattern``. For example, if the ``pattern`` provided is - ``articles/{article}/edit``, and the ``traverse`` argument provided is - ``/{article}``, when a request comes in that causes the route to match in - such a way that the ``article`` match value is '1' (when the request URI is - ``/articles/1/edit``), the traversal path will be generated as ``/1``. - This means that the root object's ``__getitem__`` will be called with the - name ``1`` during the traversal phase. If the ``1`` object exists, it will - become the :term:`context` resource of the request. - :ref:`traversal_chapter` has more information about traversal. - - If the traversal path contains segment marker names which are not present - in the ``pattern`` argument, a runtime error will occur. The ``traverse`` - pattern should not contain segment markers that do not exist in the - ``pattern``. - - A similar combining of routing and traversal is available when a route is - matched which contains a ``*traverse`` remainder marker in its pattern (see - :ref:`using_traverse_in_a_route_pattern`). The ``traverse`` argument - allows you to associate route patterns with an arbitrary traversal path - without using a ``*traverse`` remainder marker; instead you can use other - match information. - - Note that the ``traverse`` argument is ignored when attached to a route - that has a ``*traverse`` remainder marker in its pattern. - -**Predicate Arguments** - -``pattern`` - The path of the route e.g. ``ideas/{idea}``. This argument is required. - See :ref:`route_pattern_syntax` for information about the syntax of - route paths. If the path doesn't match the current URL, route matching - continues. - - .. note:: In earlier releases of this framework, this argument existed - as ``path``. ``path`` continues to work as an alias for - ``pattern``. - -``xhr`` - This value should be either ``True`` or ``False``. If this value is - specified and is ``True``, the :term:`request` must possess an - ``HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH`` (aka ``X-Requested-With``) header for this route - to match. This is useful for detecting AJAX requests issued from jQuery, - Prototype and other Javascript libraries. If this predicate returns - ``False``, route matching continues. - -``request_method`` - A string representing an HTTP method name, e.g. ``GET``, ``POST``, - ``HEAD``, ``DELETE``, ``PUT``. If this argument is not specified, this - route will match if the request has *any* request method. If this - predicate returns ``False``, route matching continues. - -``path_info`` - This value represents a regular expression pattern that will be tested - against the ``PATH_INFO`` WSGI environment variable. If the regex matches, - this predicate will return ``True``. If this predicate returns ``False``, - route matching continues. - -``request_param`` - This value can be any string. A view declaration with this argument - ensures that the associated route will only match when the request has a - key in the ``request.params`` dictionary (an HTTP ``GET`` or ``POST`` - variable) that has a name which matches the supplied value. If the value - supplied as the argument has a ``=`` sign in it, - e.g. ``request_params="foo=123"``, then the key (``foo``) must both exist - in the ``request.params`` dictionary, and the value must match the right - hand side of the expression (``123``) for the route to "match" the current - request. If this predicate returns ``False``, route matching continues. - -``header`` - This argument represents an HTTP header name or a header name/value pair. - If the argument contains a ``:`` (colon), it will be considered a - name/value pair (e.g. ``User-Agent:Mozilla/.*`` or ``Host:localhost``). If - the value contains a colon, the value portion should be a regular - expression. If the value does not contain a colon, the entire value will - be considered to be the header name (e.g. ``If-Modified-Since``). If the - value evaluates to a header name only without a value, the header specified - by the name must be present in the request for this predicate to be true. - If the value evaluates to a header name/value pair, the header specified by - the name must be present in the request *and* the regular expression - specified as the value must match the header value. Whether or not the - value represents a header name or a header name/value pair, the case of the - header name is not significant. If this predicate returns ``False``, route - matching continues. - -``accept`` - This value represents a match query for one or more mimetypes in the - ``Accept`` HTTP request header. If this value is specified, it must be in - one of the following forms: a mimetype match token in the form - ``text/plain``, a wildcard mimetype match token in the form ``text/*`` or a - match-all wildcard mimetype match token in the form ``*/*``. If any of the - forms matches the ``Accept`` header of the request, this predicate will be - true. If this predicate returns ``False``, route matching continues. - -``custom_predicates`` - This value should be a sequence of references to custom predicate - callables. Use custom predicates when no set of predefined predicates does - what you need. Custom predicates can be combined with predefined - predicates as necessary. Each custom predicate callable should accept two - arguments: ``info`` and ``request`` and should return either ``True`` or - ``False`` after doing arbitrary evaluation of the context resource and/or - the request. If all callables return ``True``, the associated route will - be considered viable for a given request. If any custom predicate returns - ``False``, route matching continues. See :ref:`custom_route_predicates` - for more information. - -**View-Related Arguments** - -``view`` - A Python object or a :term:`dotted Python name` to such an object that will - be used as a view callable when this route - matches. e.g. ``mypackage.views.my_view``. - -``view_context`` - A class or an :term:`interface` (or a :term:`dotted Python name` to such an - object) that the :term:`context` resource should possess for the view named - by the route to be used. If this attribute is not specified, the default - (``None``) will be used. - - If the ``view`` argument is not provided, this argument has no effect. - - This attribute can also be spelled as ``for_`` or ``view_for``. - -``view_permission`` - The permission name required to invoke the view associated with this route. - e.g. ``edit``. (see :ref:`using_security_with_urldispatch` for more - information about permissions). - - If the ``view`` attribute is not provided, this argument has no effect. - - This argument can also be spelled as ``permission``. - -``view_renderer`` - This is either a single string term (e.g. ``json``) or a string implying a - path or :term:`asset specification` (e.g. ``templates/views.pt``). If the - renderer value is a single term (does not contain a dot ``.``), the - specified term will be used to look up a renderer implementation, and that - renderer implementation will be used to construct a response from the view - return value. If the renderer term contains a dot (``.``), the specified - term will be treated as a path, and the filename extension of the last - element in the path will be used to look up the renderer implementation, - which will be passed the full path. The renderer implementation will be - used to construct a response from the view return value. See - :ref:`views_which_use_a_renderer` for more information. - - If the ``view`` argument is not provided, this argument has no effect. - - This argument can also be spelled as ``renderer``. - -``view_attr`` - The view machinery defaults to using the ``__call__`` method of the view - callable (or the function itself, if the view callable is a function) to - obtain a response dictionary. The ``attr`` value allows you to vary the - method attribute used to obtain the response. For example, if your view - was a class, and the class has a method named ``index`` and you wanted to - use this method instead of the class' ``__call__`` method to return the - response, you'd say ``attr="index"`` in the view configuration for the - view. This is most useful when the view definition is a class. - - If the ``view`` argument is not provided, this argument has no - effect. - -``use_global_views`` - When a request matches this route, and view lookup cannot find a view which - has a 'route_name' predicate argument that matches the route, try to fall - back to using a view that otherwise matches the context and request. - .. _custom_route_predicates: Custom Route Predicates |
