[Zope] Returning a random image from a folder
David Mitchell
djmitchell@optushome.com.au
Sat, 1 Mar 2003 19:47:10 +1100
Going mad with this one...
I'm trying to write a Python script to return a random image from a specified
folder. For example, here's how I may want to call it from a ZPT page:
<span tal:replace="randomImage('Advertisements/BannerAds') / >
My randomImage Python script is as follows (where 'directory' is the parameter
being passed to the script):
import string
import random
directory_context = string.replace("/", ".", directory)
return directory + "/" +
random.choice(context.directory_context.objectValues('Image'))
Some of you may recognize this as being almost an exact copy of the script on
p151 of "The Zope Book", with the only difference being that I'm trying to
pass a folder name as a parameter.
I'm pretty sure I need to do the directory_context step, but I can't get it to
work either with or without it. Where I'm really struggling is in getting my
head around the context stuff.
Can anyone offer me some assistance?
Thanks in advance
Dave Mitchell