Welcome to web2py’s API documentation!

Contents:

• admin Module
  • Utility functions for the Admin application
• cache Module
  • Basic caching classes and methods
• cfs Module
  • Functions required to execute app components
• compileapp Module
  • Functions required to execute app components
• contenttype Module
• custom_import Module
  • Support for smart import syntax for web2py applications
• dal Module
  • Takes care of adapting pyDAL to web2py’s needs
• debug Module
  • Debugger support classes
• decoder Module
• fileutils Module
  • File operations
• globals Module
• highlight Module
• html Module
  • Template helpers
• http Module
  • HTTP statuses helpers
• languages Module
  • Translation system
• main Module
  • The gluon wsgi application
• messageboxhandler Module
• myregex Module
  • Useful regexes
• newcron Module
• portalocker Module
• recfile Module
  • Generates names for cache and session files
• restricted Module
  • Restricted environment to execute application’s code
• rewrite Module
• sanitizer Module
  • Cross-site scripting (XSS) defense
• scheduler Module
  • Background processes made simple
• serializers Module
• settings Module
• shell Module
  • Web2py environment in the shell
• sql Module
  • Just for backward compatibility
• sqlhtml Module
• storage Module
• streamer Module
  • Facilities to handle file streaming
• template Module
  • Templating syntax
• tools Module
  • Auth, Mail, PluginManager and various utilities
• utf8 Module
  • Utilities and class for UTF8 strings managing
• utils Module
  • This file specifically includes utilities for security.
• validators Module
  • Validators
• widget Module
  • The widget is called from web2py
• xmlrpc Module

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page