remote /expofiles/ now for runserver dev

core/TESTS/tests.py

@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ class SimpleTest(SimpleTestCase):
         from django.http import HttpResponse
         from django.urls import reverse
 
+    def test_import_urls(self):
+        from django.conf import settings
+        from django.conf.urls import url, include
+        from django.views.generic.base import RedirectView 
+        from django.views.generic.edit import UpdateView
+        from django.views.generic.list import ListView
+        from django.contrib import admin
+        from django.urls import reverse, resolve
+
+
 #class SimplePageTest(unittest.TestCase):
 class PageTests(TestCase):
     @classmethod

flatpages/views.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 
-from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect, Http404
 from django.urls import reverse, resolve
 from django.template import Context, loader
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ from troggle.core.models_caves import Cave
 import troggle.core.views_caves
 import troggle.settings as settings
 
+def expofiles_redirect(request, path):
+    '''This is used only when running as a test system without a local copy of /expofiles/
+    '''
+    return redirect('http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/' + path)
+
 def flatpage(request, path):
     #print(" - FLATPAGES delivering the file: {} as MIME type: {}".format(path,getmimetype(path)))
     # try:

urls.py

@@ -122,7 +122,10 @@ actualurlpatterns = [
 
     url(r'^prospecting/(?P<name>[^.]+).png$', prospecting_image, name="prospecting_image"),
     
-    url(r'^expofiles/(?P<filepath>.*)$',  view_surveys.expofilessingle, name="single"), # EXPOFILES
+    # use this next alternative if no local copy of expofiles. 
+    url(r'^expofiles/(?P<path>.*)$',    flatviews.expofiles_redirect, name="expofiles_redirect"), # to expo.survex.com/expofiles
+    url(r'^expofiles/(?P<filepath>.*)$',view_surveys.expofilessingle, name="single"), # local copy of EXPOFILES
+
 #   url(r'^javascript/(?P<filepath>.*)$', view_surveys.cssfilessingle,  name="single"), # JSLIB_URL - unused
 
 #   static views not working, removed as a plugin. Use apache instead to serve these: