[albatross-users] Using additional path information as request parameters

[Matt Goodall]

In some cases I would like to have a _random_ app page process a request 
where the request parameters are appended to the URL in a path-like 
manner. For instance, I might have an Alabtross page that display a 
book's details. The conventional way to achieve it is to use the 
following url:

    /app.py/book?id=123

What I would rather use is a URL with 123 as the last part of the path:

    /app.py/book/123

In both cases the book module would process the request.

The only way I can think of is to use some fairly complex mod_rewrite 
rules (which I prefer to avoid whenever possible) which turns book/123 
into book?id=123. Does anyone have any better idea?

The reason for all this? It produces search engine friendly URLs. Some 
search engines still crawl pages with request parameters.

A great section for the Wiki would be integrating Albatross with Apache 
and possible IIS if anyone uses it. I'll add that to the list.

Thanks, Matt

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Matt Goodall, Pollenation Internet Ltd
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