myconf.take, myconf.get

applications/welcome/models/db.py

@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ from gluon.contrib.appconfig import AppConfig
 ## once in production, remove reload=True to gain full speed
 myconf = AppConfig(reload=True)
 
-
 if not request.env.web2py_runtime_gae:
     ## if NOT running on Google App Engine use SQLite or other DB
-    db = DAL(myconf.take('db.uri'), pool_size=myconf.take('db.pool_size', cast=int), check_reserved=['all'])
+    db = DAL(myconf.get('db.uri'), 
+             pool_size = myconf.get('db.pool_size'),
+             migrate_enabled = myconf.get('db.migrate'),
+             check_reserved = ['all'])
 else:
     ## connect to Google BigTable (optional 'google:datastore://namespace')
     db = DAL('google:datastore+ndb')
@@ -32,8 +34,8 @@ else:
 ## none otherwise. a pattern can be 'controller/function.extension'
 response.generic_patterns = ['*'] if request.is_local else []
 ## choose a style for forms
-response.formstyle = myconf.take('forms.formstyle')  # or 'bootstrap3_stacked' or 'bootstrap2' or other
-response.form_label_separator = myconf.take('forms.separator')
+response.formstyle = myconf.get('forms.formstyle')  # or 'bootstrap3_stacked' or 'bootstrap2' or other
+response.form_label_separator = myconf.get('forms.separator')
 
 
 ## (optional) optimize handling of static files
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ response.form_label_separator = myconf.take('forms.separator')
 
 from gluon.tools import Auth, Service, PluginManager
 
-auth = Auth(db)
+auth = Auth(db, host=myconf.get('host.name'))
 service = Service()
 plugins = PluginManager()
 
@@ -62,9 +64,11 @@ auth.define_tables(username=False, signature=False)
 
 ## configure email
 mail = auth.settings.mailer
-mail.settings.server = 'logging' if request.is_local else myconf.take('smtp.server')
-mail.settings.sender = myconf.take('smtp.sender')
-mail.settings.login = myconf.take('smtp.login')
+mail.settings.server = 'logging' if request.is_local else myconf.get('smtp.server')
+mail.settings.sender = myconf.get('smtp.sender')
+mail.settings.login = myconf.get('smtp.login')
+mail.settings.tls = myconf.get('smtp.tls')
+mail.settings.ssl = myconf.get('smtp.ssl')
 
 ## configure auth policy
 auth.settings.registration_requires_verification = False

applications/welcome/models/menu.py

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ response.title = request.application.replace('_',' ').title()
 response.subtitle = ''
 
 ## read more at http://dev.w3.org/html5/markup/meta.name.html
-response.meta.author = 'Your Name <you@example.com>'
-response.meta.description = 'a cool new app'
-response.meta.keywords = 'web2py, python, framework'
-response.meta.generator = 'Web2py Web Framework'
+response.meta.author = myconf.get('app.author')
+response.meta.description = myconf.get('app.description')
+response.meta.keywords = myconf.get('app.keywords')
+response.meta.generator = myconf.get('app.generator')
 
 ## your http://google.com/analytics id
 response.google_analytics_id = None

applications/welcome/private/appconfig.ini

@@ -1,17 +1,28 @@
 ; App configuration
+[app]
+name        = Welcome
+author      = Your Name <you@example.com>
+description = a cool new app
+keywords    = web2py, python, framework
+generator   = Web2py Web Framework
+
+; Host configuration
+[host]
+name = localhost
 
 ; db configuration
 [db]
 uri       = sqlite://storage.sqlite
-migrate   = 1
-pool_size = 1
+migrate   = true
+pool_size = 10 ; ignored for sqlite
 
 ; smtp address and credentials
 [smtp]
 server = smtp.gmail.com:587
 sender = you@gmail.com
 login  = username:password
-
+tls    = true
+ssl    = true
 
 ; form styling
 [forms]