Auth() vs auth()

[Carlos Zenteno]

Newbee here...

I know that Auth() is the class in gluon
and it initial use:  auth = Auth(db)

But I have seen some uses like fom = auth()
in some controllers.

is there an auth() function besides the Auth() class?
where can I find this kind of stuff on my own?  THanks...

[Anthony]

The Auth class has a __call__ method, which means Auth objects are callable. There's nothing special about the name "auth" -- it's just a convention. You could just as well do:

myauth = Auth(db)
myauth()

When you call auth(), it checks request.args(0) to see which Auth action has been requested and then calls the appropriate method (which in many cases produces a form).

Anthony

[Carlos Zenteno]

Thanks Anthony!
Very clear now....