Question

I’m starting in web2py and I need to link my static files in my view files.

I’m trying to use URL() helper to make the links but I doesn’t work properly…

My application is called red, my controller default and my function index.
My view is called index.html and is inside default folder, when I go to the page I see the view correctly but my URL are all wrong…

So far I tryed:

URL('static', 'css/bootstrap.min.css')

which gave back: “/static/css/bootstartp.css”

URL(a=request.application, args='static/css/bootstrap.css')

which gave: “/default/red/static/css/bootstrap.min.css”

URL(r=request, arg='static/css/bootstrap.min.css')

which gave: “/index/static/css/bootstrap.min.css”

URL('static/css/bootstrap.min.css')

which gave: “/default/static/css/bootstrap.min.css”

URL(a=request.application, c='static/css/bootstrap.min.css', f='')

which gave: “/red/red/static/css/bootstrap.min.css”

I may have tried some more but with no success…

My index function only returns dict().

And my router:

routers = dict(

    # base router
    BASE = dict(
        applications = ['red', 'admin'],
        default_application = 'red',
        default_controller = 'default',
        default_function = 'index',
        map_static = True
    )
)

I think it’s also important to say I’m testing it on google app engine.

I want to get “/red/static/css/bootstrap.min.css”.

Answer 1

I found the solution.

URL('static', 'css/bootstrap.min.css')

This line is correct, however I needed to turn map_static off in the routers file.