How to implement exclusive_domain=True when using pattern routes?

[Lisandro]

When you use parameter router system, you have the possibility to set a dictionary mapping each domain with an app and then set exclusive_domain=True, this way each app is accessible only through its assigned domain.

But how to do that when using pattern routes?

I'm serving several domains; two web2py apps for each domain.

How do I configure routes to allow access to only those two apps per domain?

For example, lets assume we have two domains: recipes.com and traveler.com

Each domain works with two apps:

• recipes.com
• applications/recipes/
• applications/recipes_panel/
• traveler.com
• applications/traveler/
• applications/traveler_panel/

In order to get this to work, first we need routes.py in the main folder of web2py:

routes_app = [
    (r'.*?://recipes.com:\w* /$anything', r'recipes'),
    (r'.*?://traveler.com:\w* /$anything', r'traveler')
]

Then, we need applications/recipes/routes.py:

routes_in = [
  ('/', '/recipes/default/index'),
  ('/robots.txt', '/recipes/static/robots.txt'),
  ('/favicon.png', '/recipes/static/custom/favicon.png'),


  ('/download$anything', '/recipes/default/download$anything'),
  ('/panel/download$anything', '/recipes_panel/default/download$anything'),


  ('/static$anything', '/recipes/static$anything'),
  ('/panel/static$anything', '/recipes_panel/static$anything'),


  ('/panel', '/recipes_panel/default/index'),
  ('/panel$anything', '/recipes_panel$anything'),
]

routes_out = [(x, y) for (y, x) in routes_in]

And then applications/traveler/routes.py

routes_in = [
  ('/', '/traveler/default/index'),
  ('/robots.txt', '/traveler/static/robots.txt'),
  ('/favicon.png', '/traveler/static/custom/favicon.png'),


  ('/download$anything', '/traveler/default/download$anything'),
  ('/panel/download$anything', '/traveler_panel/default/download$anything'),


  ('/static$anything', '/traveler/static$anything'),
  ('/panel/static$anything', '/traveler_panel/static$anything'),


  ('/panel', '/traveler_panel/default/index'),
  ('/panel$anything', '/traveler_panel$anything'),
]

routes_out = [(x, y) for (y, x) in routes_in]

However, if go to traveler.com/recipes/default/index I can still access "recipes" app, and I don't want that.

Is it possible to restrict the access using pattern based routes?

[Massimo Di Pierro]

You have to add a rule for that that redirects the route that you do not want to expose to a custom error page.