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diff --git a/docs/narr/urldispatch.rst b/docs/narr/urldispatch.rst index 3483c8b9f..253dd7f0e 100644 --- a/docs/narr/urldispatch.rst +++ b/docs/narr/urldispatch.rst @@ -1092,20 +1092,24 @@ your route configuration looks like so: config.add_route('noslash', 'no_slash', view='myproject.views.no_slash') config.add_route('hasslash', 'has_slash/', view='myproject.views.has_slash') -If a request enters the application with the ``PATH_INFO`` value of +If a request enters the application with the ``PATH_INFO`` +value of ``/has_slash/``, the second route will match. If a request +enters the application with the ``PATH_INFO`` value of ``/has_slash``, +a route *will* be found by the slash-appending not found view. An HTTP +redirect to ``/has_slash/`` will be returned to the user's browser. + +However, if a request enters the application with the ``PATH_INFO`` value of ``/no_slash``, the first route will match. If a request enters the application with the ``PATH_INFO`` value of ``/no_slash/``, *no* route -will match, and the slash-appending "not found" view will *not* find a +will match, and the slash-appending not found view will *not* find a matching route with an appended slash. -However, if a request enters the application with the ``PATH_INFO`` -value of ``/has_slash/``, the second route will match. If a request -enters the application with the ``PATH_INFO`` value of ``/has_slash``, -a route *will* be found by the slash appending notfound view. An HTTP -redirect to ``/has_slash/`` will be returned to the user's browser. +.. warning:: -Note that this will *lose* ``POST`` data information (turning it into -a GET), so you shouldn't rely on this to redirect POST requests. + You **should not** rely on this mechanism to redirect ``POST`` requests. + The redirect of the slash-appending not found view will turn a ``POST`` + request into a ``GET``, losing any ``POST`` data in the original + request. To configure the slash-appending not found view in your application, change the application's startup configuration, adding the following stanza: |