JSON / XML / other as response when raising HTTP error to restful request

[Joel Samuelsson]

Hi,

I'd like to respond with a complex data structure when raising a HTTP 409 Conflict as response to a restful request but I can't seem to figure out how. If possible, I'd like to reuse as much as possible from built-in functions in web2py. The best idea I've gotten so far is something like this:

@auth.requires_login()

@request.restful()

def test():

response.view = 'generic.'+request.extension

def GET(*args,**vars):

page = response.render('generic.'+request.extension, dict(errors=["error1", "error2"]))

raise HTTP(409, page)

return locals()

However, this does not set the appropiate Content-Type. Are there easier/better ways to do what I want?

[Marlysson Silva]

The web2py would use generic views depending of extension of url.

Is it?

[Niphlod]

or...given that the "big strange thing" is the status .... using the usual syntax with 

response.status = 409

just before before returning  ?

[Joel Samuelsson]

Marlysson Silva:
Yes, it would. However, when raising an exception as in the example code above, it doesn't.

Niphiod:
Thanks, it was really simple. I've tried other ways of setting the response code but it would either overwrite the body with "409 CONFLICT" or just return 200 OK.