View that gives access to the files in a folder.
Project description
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Serving directories of files
LAZR Exported Folder adds special views that can be used to serve all the files under a particular directory.
ExportedFolder
This is the base implementation. To export a directory, you need to subclass that view and provide a folder property returning the path of the directory to expose.
>>> import os >>> import tempfile >>> resource_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='resources') >>> file(os.path.join(resource_dir, 'test.txt'), 'w').write('Text file') >>> file(os.path.join(resource_dir, 'image1.gif'), 'w').write( ... 'GIF file') >>> file(os.path.join(resource_dir, 'image2.png'), 'w').write( ... 'PNG file') >>> os.mkdir(os.path.join(resource_dir, 'a_dir')) >>> file(os.path.join(resource_dir, 'other.txt'), 'w').write( ... 'Other file')>>> from lazr.exportedfolder.folder import ExportedFolder >>> class MyFolder(ExportedFolder): ... folder = resource_dir
That view provides the IBrowserPublisher interface necessary to handle all the traversal logic.
>>> from zope.interface.verify import verifyObject >>> from zope.publisher.interfaces.browser import IBrowserPublisher >>> from zope.publisher.tests.httprequest import TestRequest>>> view = MyFolder(object(), TestRequest()) >>> verifyObject(IBrowserPublisher, view) True
The view will serve the file that it traverses to.
>>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'test.txt') >>> print view() Text file
It also sets the appropriate headers for cache control on the response.
>>> for name, value in sorted(view.request.response.getHeaders()): ... print "%s: %s" % (name, value) Cache-Control: public,max-age=86400 Content-Type: text/plain Expires: ... Last-Modified: ...
It’s possible to override the default max-age:
>>> view = MyFolder(object(), TestRequest()) >>> view.max_age = 1440>>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'test.txt') >>> print view() Text file>>> for name, value in sorted(view.request.response.getHeaders()): ... print "%s: %s" % (name, value) Cache-Control: public,max-age=1440 Content-Type: text/plain Expires: ... Last-Modified: ...
It accepts traversing to the file through an arbitrary revision identifier.
>>> view = MyFolder(object(), TestRequest()) >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'rev6510') >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'image1.gif') >>> print view() GIF file
Requesting a directory raises a NotFound.
>>> view = MyFolder(object(), TestRequest()) >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'a_dir') >>> view() Traceback (most recent call last): ... NotFound:...
By default, subdirectories are not exported. (See below on how to enable this)
>>> view = MyFolder(object(), TestRequest()) >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'a_dir') >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'other.txt') >>> view() Traceback (most recent call last): ... NotFound:...
Not requesting any file, also raises NotFound.
>>> view = MyFolder(object(), TestRequest()) >>> view() Traceback (most recent call last): ... NotFound:...
As requesting a non-existent file.
>>> view = MyFolder(object(), TestRequest()) >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'image2') >>> view() Traceback (most recent call last): ... NotFound:...
ExportedImageFolder
For images, it’s often convenient not to request the extension. There is an ExportedImageFolder subclass, that will accept serving an image file without extension. For example, requesting ‘image1’ or ‘image2’ will serve the correct file. The supported extensions are defined in the image_extensions property.
>>> from lazr.exportedfolder.folder import ExportedImageFolder>>> class MyImageFolder(ExportedImageFolder): ... folder = resource_dir>>> view = MyImageFolder(object(), TestRequest()) >>> view.image_extensions ('.png', '.gif')>>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'image2') >>> print view() PNG file >>> print view.request.response.getHeader('Content-Type') image/png
If a file without extension exists, that one will be served.
>>> file(os.path.join(resource_dir, 'image3'), 'w').write( ... 'Image without extension') >>> file(os.path.join(resource_dir, 'image3.gif'), 'w').write( ... 'Image with extension')>>> view = MyImageFolder(object(), TestRequest()) >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'image3') >>> print view() Image without extension>>> view = MyImageFolder(object(), TestRequest()) >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'image3.gif') >>> print view() Image with extension
Exporting trees
By default ExportedFolder doesn’t export contained folders, but if the export_subdirectories is set to True, it will allow traversing to subdirectories.
>>> os.mkdir(os.path.join(resource_dir, 'public')) >>> file(os.path.join( ... resource_dir, 'public', 'test1.txt'), 'w').write('Public File') >>> os.mkdir(os.path.join(resource_dir, 'public', 'subdir1')) >>> file(os.path.join( ... resource_dir, 'public', 'subdir1', 'test1.txt'), 'w').write( ... 'Sub file 1')>>> class MyTree(ExportedFolder): ... folder = resource_dir ... export_subdirectories = True
Traversing to a file in a subdirectory will now work.
>>> view = MyTree(object(), TestRequest()) >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'public') >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'subdir1') >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'test1.txt') >>> print view() Sub file 1
But traversing to the subdirectory itself will raise a NotFound.
>>> view = MyTree(object(), TestRequest()) >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'public') >>> print view() Traceback (most recent call last): ... NotFound:...
Trying to request a non-existent file, will also raise a NotFound.
>>> view = MyTree(object(), TestRequest()) >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'public') >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'nosuchfile.txt') >>> view() Traceback (most recent call last): ... NotFound:...
Traversing beyond an existing file to a non-existant file raises a NotFound.
>>> view = MyTree(object(), TestRequest()) >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'public') >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'subdir1') >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'test1.txt') >>> view = view.publishTraverse(view.request, 'nosuchpath') >>> view() Traceback (most recent call last): ... NotFound:...
Clean-up
>>> import shutil >>> shutil.rmtree(resource_dir)
NEWS for lazr.exportedfolder
1.0.0 (2009-10-26)
Initial release