#django

I passed in MEDIA_URL + "path/to/video" to my reactjs. I did the same for an image. The image shows up but the video does not. They are located in the same directory so the only difference is the filename for the path. How come my image shows but my video doesn't? Is there something I might be disregarding when it comes to serving video files?

bradfordli123, check your browser's developer console for anything odd

there's nothing special about videos per se.

DevilTiger: Yeah, that file is just something that gets run every time you open a new shell. So by adding that 'source' line, it's executed every time you open the terminal.

dang`r`us: I checked and everything seemed to be in order

is that path correct for mac?

Probably. :)

not really sure where pip would install it

cool beans

ok thats done. now am i ready to start an env?

dang`r`us: I right clicked the src attribute in my video tag and opened the file in another tab and the video was able to show up and play in another tab

bradfordli123, well, then something about your video player or <video> tag or whatever is bork

DevilTiger: I would try that source command manually, just to make sure it works right. But after you're sure of that, yes, you're all ready!

tbaxter: This is a somewhat hypothetical example -- I'm trying to figure out the right way to do it before I do it wrong. https://dpaste.de/LGpu -- I'm thinking I should wrap lines 3-6 in a function because I seem to repeat that a lot in my views

wrong path

where should i start a lookin

sec forgot the slash at beginning. that'll do it

Azendale: To be honest, that view doesn't make a lot of sense to me. GET and POST should not be anywhere near that equal for a given view

hmm

the model form for jsonfields in the admin panel doesn't seem to like single quotes for keys and values

even with the slash at beginning still not found

DevilTiger: Try /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/virtualenvwrapper.sh

Normally, 'crns' would be extracted from args or kwargs on GET, and on POST, you may pull it directly from POST if form.cleaned_data wasn't present, but you'd still have to veryify.

Which is all a long way of saying I still don't understand the problem you're trying to solve.

nope not there

tbaxter: I try to, for all my views, either send and error if it's not the request type I expect, or do those few lines to make it not different. Maybe I just have a lack of examples of the right way to do it? For a correctly done view, what things would be different between a GET and POST? If the functionality is different, why wouldn't it just be a different view function?

Azendale: most views don't really give a damn if they're GET or POST. The ones that do tend to just check for POST, because those are less common, and are the ones you do DB operations on.

DevilTiger: Okay, how about in ~/Library/Python/2.7/bin/

nope nothing in there or its site-packages folder

if i installed it while being in a virtualenv will that have only installed it in that virtualenv?

it may. inception!

i tried to install again in system space. errors. will paste

tbaxter: I think I'm really missing something here. I get the feeling I must be working around the framework instead of using it. The views that don't care if it is get or post, do they just always do the same thing? How does their behavior vary if they can't look at HTTP variables?

is there a reasonable view-level equivalent for {% static ... %}? (I just want to get a static url inside a view function)

DevilTiger: Try pip install --user virtualenvwrapper

That will place it in your home folder, in the second path I gave

Azendale: one of us is, but it may be me.

And on that note, I've got to run again!

I'm not super clear on what that view is trying to acheive.

maybe the URL would help. Not sure.

I can point you to some views that do something different on GET and POST if that helps.

is there a way to browse the these locations in finder? i have two mice and two keyboards and this is annoying lol

that path isnt correct and im getting confused

tbaxter: Sure, I would look at some example views for ideas

okay, I'm clearly doing this wrong

Azendale: FBV or CBV?

ok. got the right path into bash_profile. got my wrapper/env started and got django installed in it

i think im ready for mezza? maybe

tbaxter: Function based, I've never done class based (but maybe I should be!)

I've recently started using CBVs and they seem kinda nice for many cases

especially form handling

horses for courses. They're all useful tools

CBVs can be extended to other views using inheritance

I suspect I may be stuck in the function way of thinking because the first web stuff I saw was with PHP where it runs the whole file

FBVs are cool too

know when to use what

Azendale: here's a little FBV doing something with a form on request.POST https://github.com/tBaxter/tango-happenings/blo...

The farther along I get, the more I realize I've done stuff the hard way and django has a better one. 2 weeks ago, I was passing a list of messages to every template. Just finished switching to the message system (which can show messages after a redirect, which is good for when someone posts)

I'm having trouble finding much with GET, since I rarely do GET forms and even less frequently pass args around in query params.

i got mezza going locally

huzza

tbaxter: No problem. I'm going to have to run to class, but thanks for the examples. I'll be back with questions I'm sure (probably in ~ 1 hour!)

DevilTiger: noice.

You should be off to the races now.

For testing and evaluation, local may be all you need.

mezza has decent write ups on deployment to DO too

also, now that you've got VEs set up and working correctly, creating them and trying different things out gets WAY eaiser.

hello. can someone tell me if it's possible to pass the RequestContext to an inclusiontag from inside an inclition tag? I'm trying to use django activeurl inside an custom inclusiontag

you don't have to

inclusion tags take context already

For that matter, fi you're passing around RequestContext, you're already making things harder than they have to be.

yes i know, with takes_context=True but the request is not present on the included activeurl

paste your code

gonna take a break. thx tbaxter

I think you're trying to use a tag in a tag

yes

DevilTiger: I think TheJoey was the helpful one

renemarxis: you can't use a tag in a tag.

oh shoot, my bad thejoey. thanks bruv

so…. why are you trying to use the activeurl tag in an inclusion tag?

to separate the navigation code from the main template

renemarxis: OK, why an inclusion tag?

Why not an include or (better) just good template inheritance?

hmmm seemed suitable, as i have to include it in every page :)

well normally that would be handled through template inheritance.

inclusion tags are great, I love them, but they're not always the right tool for a given job.