watson.framework.controllers

class watson.framework.controllers.Action[source]

A controller thats methods can be accessed with an _action suffix.

Example:

class MyController(controllers.Action):
    def my_func_action(self):
        return 'something'
class watson.framework.controllers.Base[source]

The base class for all controllers.

class watson.framework.controllers.FlashMessagesContainer(session)[source]

Contains all the flash messages associated with a controller.

Flash messages persist across requests until they are displayed to the user.

__init__(session)[source]

Initializes the container.

Parameters:session (watson.http.session.StorageMixin) – A session object containing the flash messages data.
add(message, namespace='info')[source]

Adds a flash message within the specified namespace.

Parameters:
  • message (string) – The message to add to the container.
  • namespace (string) – The namespace to sit the message in.
add_messages(messages, namespace='info')[source]

Adds a list of messages to the specified namespace.

Parameters:
  • messages (list|tuple) – The messages to add to the container.
  • namespace (string) – The namespace to sit the messages in.
clear()[source]

Clears the flash messages from the container and session.

This is called automatically after the flash messages have been iterated over.

class watson.framework.controllers.HttpMixin[source]

A mixin for controllers that can contain http request and response objects.

_request

The request made that has triggered the controller

_response

The response that will be returned by the controller

clear_redirect_vars()[source]

Clears the redirected variables.

event[source]

The event that was triggered that caused the execution of the controller.

Returns:watson.events.types.Event
flash_messages[source]

Retrieves all the flash messages associated with the controller.

Example:

# within controller action
self.flash_messages.add('Some message')
return {
    'flash_messages': self.flash_messages
}

# within view
{% for namespace, message in flash_messages %}
    {{ message }}
{% endfor %}
Returns:A watson.framework.controllers.FlashMessagesContainer object.
forward(controller, method=None, *args, **kwargs)[source]

Fowards a request across to a different controller.

controller string|object

The controller to execute

method string

The method to run, defaults to currently called method

Returns:Response from other controller.
redirect(path, params=None, status_code=302, clear=False)[source]

Redirect to a different route.

Redirecting will bypass the rendering of the view, and the body of the request will be displayed.

Also supports Post Redirect Get (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post/Redirect/Get) which can allow post variables to accessed from a GET resource after a redirect (to repopulate form fields for example).

Parameters:
  • path (string) – The URL or route name to redirect to
  • params (dict) – The params to send to the route
  • status_code (int) – The status code to use for the redirect
  • clear (bool) – Whether or not the session data should be cleared
Returns:

A watson.http.messages.Response object.

redirect_vars[source]

Returns the post variables from a redirected request.

request[source]

The HTTP request relating to the controller.

Returns:watson.http.messages.Request
response[source]

The HTTP response related to the controller.

If no response object has been set, then a new one will be generated.

Returns:watson.http.messages.Response
url(route_name, host=None, scheme=None, **params)[source]

Converts a route into a url.

Parameters:
  • route_name (string) – The name of the route to convert
  • host (string) – The hostname to prepend to the route path
  • scheme (string) – The scheme to prepend to the route path
  • params (dict) – The params to use on the route
Returns:

The assembled url.

class watson.framework.controllers.Rest[source]

A controller thats methods can be accessed by the request method name.

Example:

class MyController(controllers.Rest):
    def GET(self):
        return 'something'