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Contents

• 1. Web Modules
  • 1.1 web -- Web modules
  • 1.2 web.auth -- Easy to use authorisation, authentication and user management system
    • 1.2.1 Background Information
    • 1.2.2 Creating a basic auth environment
    • 1.2.3 Authentication and Authorisation
    • 1.2.4 Simple Example
    • 1.2.5 Advanced Authorisation Options
    • 1.2.6 Encryption
    • 1.2.7 API Reference
  • 1.3 datetime -- Compatibility code providing date and time classes for Python 2.2 users
    • 1.3.1 Module-Level Functionality
    • 1.3.2 Compatibility with Python 2.3 and above
  • 1.4 web.database -- SQL database layer
    • 1.4.1 Background
    • 1.4.2 Introduction
    • 1.4.3 Connecting to a Database
    • 1.4.4 Using a Table Prepend
    • 1.4.5 Cursor Options
    • 1.4.6 Executing SQL
    • 1.4.7 Retrieving Results
    • 1.4.8 Transactions, Rollbacks and Committing Changes
    • 1.4.9 Exporting and Importing SQL
    • 1.4.10 Using the Interactive Prompt
    • 1.4.11 Special Characters
    • 1.4.12 SQL Reference
    • 1.4.13 Cursor Abstraction Methods
    • 1.4.14 Supported Databases
    • 1.4.15 Example Code
    • 1.4.16 API Reference
    • 1.4.17 Developer's Guide
    • 1.4.18 Tools Under Development
    • 1.4.19 Future Additions
  • 1.5 web.database.object -- An object relation mapper built on the web.database and web.form modules
    • 1.5.1 Introduction
    • 1.5.2 Introductory Example
    • 1.5.3 One-To-Many Mappings
    • 1.5.4 Many-To-Many Mappings
    • 1.5.5 Building Queries
    • 1.5.6 Creating Forms/Tables
    • 1.5.7 Creating Tables by Defining Classes
    • 1.5.8 Other Useful Features
    • 1.5.9 Class Reference
    • 1.5.10 Future
  • 1.6 web.error -- Enhanced error handling based on the cgitb module
    • 1.6.1 Basic Usage
    • 1.6.2 Using The info() Function
    • 1.6.3 Using The handler() Function
    • 1.6.4 Using The error() Function
    • 1.6.5 Creating Custom Handlers
    • 1.6.6 Example
    • 1.6.7 Debugging Code
  • 1.7 web.environment -- Tools for seting up an environment
    • 1.7.1 Example
    • 1.7.2 API Reference
  • 1.8 web.form -- Construction of persistant forms/wizards for HTML interfaces
    • 1.8.1 Introduction
    • 1.8.2 Form Objects
    • 1.8.3 Creating Custom Forms
    • 1.8.4 Fields
    • 1.8.5 Basic Fields Example
    • 1.8.6 Typed Fields Example
  • 1.9 web.image -- Create and manipulate graphics including JPG, PNG, PDF, PS using PIL
    • 1.9.1 web.image.graph -- Create graphs
    • 1.9.2 Command Line Example
    • 1.9.3 Webserver Example
  • 1.10 web.mail -- Simple function to send email using email
    • 1.10.1 Example
  • 1.11 web.session -- Persistent storage of sessions and automatic cookie handling
    • 1.11.1 Background Information
    • 1.11.2 Session Module Overview
    • 1.11.3 Creating a basic session environment
    • 1.11.4 Loading a Session
    • 1.11.5 Multiple Applications and Stores
    • 1.11.6 Using Stores
    • 1.11.7 Managing Sessions
    • 1.11.8 Custom Cookie Handling
    • 1.11.9 Web Server Gateway Interface Middleware
    • 1.11.10 Implementing a new Driver
    • 1.11.11 Example
    • 1.11.12 API Reference
  • 1.12 web.template -- For the easy display of data as HTML/XML
    • 1.12.1 Cheetah Template
    • 1.12.2 XYAPTU Templating
    • 1.12.3 Dreamweaver MX
  • 1.13 web.util -- Useful utility functions that don't fit elsewhere
    • 1.13.1 Creating Tables
    • 1.13.2 Calendar Tools
  • 1.14 web.wsgi -- Web Server Gateway Interface tools
    • 1.14.1 Introduction
    • 1.14.2 Understanding Middleware
    • 1.14.3 The PythonWeb Middleware Components
    • 1.14.4 Writing Applications
    • 1.14.5 Writing Your Own Middleware
• A. Reporting Bugs
• B. History and License
  • B.1 History of the software
• Module Index
• Index

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Documentation released on April 10, 2005.