Compact MongoDB Wiki example.

wiki.py

# encoding: utf8

"""Web application root controller."""


import textile
import pymongo
import web.core


pages = pymongo.Connection().wiki['pages']


class Page(web.core.RESTMethod):
    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name
        self.record = pages.find_one({'name': name})
        super(Page, self).__init__()
    
    def get(self, raw=False):
        if raw:
            web.core.response.content_type = 'text/plain'
            return self.record['content'] if self.record else ""
        
        return './wiki.html', dict(
                name = self.name,
                record = self.record,
                content = textile.textile(self.record['content']) if self.record else "<i>No content.</i>"
            )
    
    def post(self, content, button=None, raw=False):
        if not self.record:
            self.record = dict(name=self.name)
        
        self.record['content'] = content
        
        pages.save(self.record, safe=True)
        
        return self.get(raw)
 

class RootController(web.core.Controller):
    def index(self):
        raise web.core.http.HTTPSeeOther(location='/home')
    
    def __lookup__(self, name, *args, **kw):
        return Page(name), args


if __name__ == '__main__':
    from paste import httpserver
    
    app = web.core.Application.factory(root=RootController, debug=True, **{
            'web.templating.engine': 'mako'
        })
    
    httpserver.serve(app, host='127.0.0.1', port='8080')