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[EP-tech] Re: EP_TRIGGER_URL_REWRITE and redirecting to a screen

Hi John,
I don't think that case (1) redirects - see eprints3/cgi/users/home. It just passes on the request to the ScreenProcessor. You could achieve the same with a trigger in fact.
Since your screen already has a url (http://repo/cgi/users/home?screen=MyScreen), I guess what you want to do is a rewrite as in mod_rewrite. 

Seb.

On 11/07/14 11:16, John Salter wrote:

Hi,
What's the *best/intended* way to go from an  EP_TRIGGER_URL_REWRITE trigger to a screen?

>From searching the Bazaar, is seems like most things like this either:
(1) use a cgi/... script that does the screen selection/processing, or
(2) register a handler that does the work (e.g.  $request->set_handlers(PerlResponseHandler => [ 'EPrints::Plugin::MePrints::MePrintsHandler' ] ); )

Both seem not-quite-right: (1) requires the trigger to do a redirect (another HTTP call), (2) would duplicate a lot of stuff that EPrints does 'normally' (the screen I want to use is a normal EPrints screen).

Should the trigger should be able to do the work?
Have I missed some magic way of doing this?

Cheers,
John



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