[Zope-dev] __before_publishing_traverse__ calls RESPONSE.redirect():
is there another way to change the browser URL?
Oliver Bleutgen
myzope@gmx.net
Fri, 27 Sep 2002 19:30:38 +0200
Craeg K Strong wrote:
> However, I would like to distinguish between two cases:
>
> a) Direct Navigation: e.g.I am a user and I just typed in
>
> http://acme.com/myapp/contracts/TRW-001/taskorders/TO-01/invoices/DSDC-001-9301
>
>
> into my browser
>
> b) Application-Controlled: e.g. I am the application, I did some
> processing
> based on a button the user pressed in some form somewhere and determined
> that the next URL should be
>
> http://acme.com/myapp/contracts/TRW-001/taskorders/TO-01/invoices/DSDC-001-9301
>
>
> ====Now here is the issue====
>
> In both cases above, the REQUEST object looks identical. Is there any way
> that I can distinguish a GET that is the result of a REDIRECT from one that
> is not?
>
> I would think this would be of interest to others. For example, if I
> move my
> web page and put a redirect from the old address, I could track how many
> people came to my web page directly versus those that are still using the
> old address and are getting redirected.
raise 'Redirect', newURL+'?I_am_an_application_controlled_redirect=1'
HTH,
oliver