[Zope3-Users] request ?param=val

[Bernd Dorn]

On 08.04.2006, at 10:26, Pete Taylor wrote:

> Hi all,
> I must just be overlooking something, but i'm running into a
> problem... (could be that it's 4:00a on a saturday morning, and i'm
> writing code for work.  that alone might be my problem ;) ).
>
> I have a url like the following:
> http://localhost:8080/MyObject/activate.html?id=99999999

v  = request.get('id')


>
> the trouble is, I can't seem to figure out how to get the id= bit back
> from the request.  i've read the help on BrowserRequest and
> HTTPRequest, and I can see that in _environ there should be a
> "QUERY_STRING" associated with the request, if there are positional
> arguments.  however, i can't seem to get at them.
> request.getPositionalArguments just returns ().
>
> basically, i've set up a two-phase registration page, where a user can
> register, and a link, along with username and password, is mailed to
> them.  I'd like for them to just be able to click the link, have it
> hit a view that can process that link, and redirect them to the login
> page.
>
> the registration and emailing of the link works just fine.  but the
> link itself won't process.  i have "activate.html" set up as a page
> name for a form i built in formlib...  activate is actually the method
> i want to call, but even trying the url with activate?id=9999 doesn't
> do anything.
>
> i'm at a loss for what to do next.  where should i look to figure this
> out?  and does formlib even support this kind of thing, or should i be
> using something else?
>
> thanks!
> Pete
>
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