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index e1c54c4..b7c01ce 100644
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@@ -54,17 +54,15 @@ Attaching Hooks
---------------
Hooks can be attached in a project-wide manner by specifying a list of hooks
-in your project's ``app.py`` file.
+in your project's configuration file.
::
- from application.root import RootController
- from my_hooks import SimpleHook
-
- app = make_app(
- RootController(),
- hooks = [SimpleHook()]
- )
+ app = {
+ 'root' : '...'
+ # ...
+ 'hooks': lambda: [SimpleHook()]
+ }
Hooks can also be applied selectively to controllers and their sub-controllers
using the :attr:`__hooks__` attribute on one or more controllers.
@@ -125,20 +123,6 @@ By default, both outputs are enabled.
* :ref:`pecan_hooks`
-Enabling RequestViewerHook
-..........................
-
-This hook can be automatically added to the application itself if a certain
-key, ``requestviewer``, exists in the configuration used for the app, e.g.::
-
- app = {}
- server = {}
- requestviewer = {}
-
-It does not need to contain anything (could be an empty dictionary), and this
-is enough to force Pecan to load this hook when the WSGI application is
-created.
-
Configuring RequestViewerHook
.............................
@@ -179,25 +163,16 @@ response::
X-Pecan-params []
X-Pecan-hooks ['RequestViewerHook']
-The hook can be configured via a dictionary (or Config object from Pecan) when
-adding it to the application or via the ``requestviewer`` key in the actual
-configuration being passed to the application.
-
The configuration dictionary is flexible (none of the keys are required) and
can hold two keys: ``items`` and ``blacklist``.
-This is how the hook would look if configured directly when using ``make_app``
-(shortened for brevity)::
+This is how the hook would look if configured directly (shortened for brevity)::
...
- hooks = [
+ 'hooks': lambda: [
RequestViewerHook({'items':['path']})
]
-And the same configuration could be set in the config file like::
-
- requestviewer = {'items:['path']}
-
Modifying Output Format
.......................