This page contains a Redirector widget - however if it was working, then you would not see the page, hence it is purposely shown here with an invalid URL.

Invalid URL "xxxxx" has been given

You can submit a URL here, which will be inserted into the Redirector widget, and the page will be called again - and you should be redirected to the given URL.

This table lists the Responders called to produce this page:

skiwidgets,10202SubmitDataSets up the redirector page
skiwidgets,10204This pageThis page is a template for the info.Redirector widget

This is a ShowCallData widget, which displays the contents of the skicall.call_data dictionary.

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Below is the Python file which populates this page.

import os

from skipole import FailPage, GoTo, ValidateError, ServerError, ServeFile, PageData, SectionData


def index(skicall):
    "Called by a SubmitData responder, and sets up the page"

    # the title and widget decription is in section 'header' which contains a
    # HeadText widget with name 'title' and a TextBlockPara widget with name 'widgetdesc'
    # It also has a ButtonLink2 widget with name 'tomodule'
    headersection = SectionData('header')
    headersection['title', 'large_text'] = 'Redirector'
    # A textblock contains the widget description
    ref = "widgets.info.Redirector"
    headersection['widgetdesc','textblock_ref'] = ref
    headersection['widgetdesc','text_refnotfound'] = f'Textblock reference {ref} not found'
    # link to this widgets module page
    headersection['tomodule','button_text'] = "Module: info"
    headersection['tomodule','link_ident'] = skicall.makepath('info')
    skicall.update(headersection)

    # this code file contents is placed in section 'codefile' which contains a
    # PreText widget with name 'pretext'
    codesection = SectionData('codefile')
    code = os.path.realpath(__file__)
    with open(code) as f:
        codesection['pretext', 'pre_text'] = f.read()
    skicall.update(codesection)


def submit_redirection(skicall):
    "Called to submit a redirection URL"

    if ('submittext', 'input_text') not in skicall.call_data:
        raise FailPage(message="No submission received")

    newurl = skicall.call_data['submittext', 'input_text']
    # sanitise newurl
    if not newurl:
        raise FailPage("URL not accepted")
    if not newurl.isascii():
        raise FailPage("URL not accepted: This example only accepts simple URL's")
    for c in " <>%&+=\"\'?(),{}":
        if c in newurl:
            raise FailPage("URL not accepted: This example only accepts simple URL's")

    pd = PageData()
    pd["redirector","url"] = newurl
    skicall.update(pd)