Re: Trying to build a fully synthesized site

Here's more info and clearer questions:
I have a config that loads a set of pages and tells which variables need to 
be extracted from the memory state to satisfy the query.

Here's what I am trying to do:
Build up something that knows which pages are defined and send 404s for 
things not defined. If cherrypy can do that, it would be great...
have a generic class/function that all the defines queries get funneled to:
   That wants to get  instance of the page description class that was 
loaded from the config
   it looks at the page that was requested, gets the list of data that was 
desired and builds up the response json
   if there was a jinja template specified, feed the data into the template 
ann capture the rendered output
   send the response back

Here are some specific questions:
  can I build the dispatcher at runtime?
  is it worth doing this or should I generate the 404s from my 
class/function?
  if I don't do a dispatcher, how do I say that everything below a point on 
the path is handled by the class/function?
  How do I pass the instance of the page description class and other things 
into class/function?
  I would assume a class is easier since it then can have private storage. 
I am thinking right about this?
  
thanks in advance,
jerry

On Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 2:00:18 PM UTC-7, [email protected] 
wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I am completely new to CherryPy and am trying to do something different 
> than a typical web site.
> I am using http to expose data that has be learned within a local 
> management tool. My config file allows the user to define a page URL and 
> what data is returned in a json dictionary. They can also specify a 
> template file (jinja2) and I will feed the data through the template to 
> return them the rendered result.
>
> So there are no specific pages that exist, so the define a class or 
> function for a page as in the examples doesn't seem to make any sense. I 
> want to tell cherrypy which pages exist and then route them all through a 
> single routine that looks up the page information and returns json or html. 
> What is the best way to do this? This is my whole reason for embedding the 
> server.
>
> I might think this could be a good addition to the FAQ, I can't be the 
> only person who would want to do this.
>
> thanks,
> jerry
>
>
>

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