request.is_local is false?

[Cássio Botaro]

When i do request.is_local in shell, result is False but i'm at localhost. Whats's the explanation? The correct  should not  be True?

[Anthony]

I suppose technically, .is_local isn't really meaningful in the shell, as there is no HTTP request involved (.is_local refers to the source of an HTTP request). When the request object is created, .is_local defaults to False, and it is only set to True if an HTTP request comes in from localhost. Perhaps instead it should default to None and then set to either True or False in the case of a request. On the other hand, I suppose an argument could be made for explicitly setting it to True in the shell -- request.env.remote_addr is set to 127.0.0.1 in the shell, so setting .is_local to True would be consistent with that setting.

Anthony

On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 6:36:51 PM UTC-4, Cássio Botaro wrote:

[Cássio Botaro]

Nice explanation Anthony. Thank you.

[Cássio Botaro]

I try to use request.is_local to divide production enviroment and development. But with this behaviour, it fail when i go to shell.

Is  ' request.env.remote_addr ' the solution?

[Anthony]

Are you just trying to determine if you're in the shell or not? If so, you can do:

if request.env.cmd_options.shell:
    print "You're in the shell"

Anthony

On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 5:22:16 PM UTC-4, Cássio Botaro wrote:

[Cássio Botaro]

One alternative is :

if request.is_local or request.env.cmd_options.shell:
    # developer configuration    

else:
    # production configuration