Source code for tvb.interfaces.web.controllers.help.help_controller
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"""
Basic Help functionality.
.. moduleauthor:: Calin Pavel
"""
import cherrypy
from tvb.interfaces.web.controllers.autologging import traced
from tvb.interfaces.web.controllers.base_controller import BaseController
from tvb.interfaces.web.controllers.decorators import handle_error, using_template
from tvb.interfaces.web.controllers.help.help_config import HelpConfig
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@traced
class HelpController(BaseController):
"""
This class takes care of all requester related to HELP system.
"""
def __init__(self):
BaseController.__init__(self)
self.config = HelpConfig()
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@cherrypy.expose
@handle_error(redirect=False)
@using_template('overlay')
def showOnlineHelp(self, section=None, subsection=None, **data):
"""
This method generates the content of the overlay presenting Online-Help.
In case both section and subsection are missing, we'll open main OnlineHelp page.
:param section: section for which to open help
:param subsection: subsection for which to open help
"""
template_specification = self.fill_overlay_attributes(None, "TVB", "Online-Help", "help/online_help", "help")
# Add URL of the help page
template_specification["helpURL"] = self.build_path(self.config.get_help_url(section, subsection))
return self.fill_default_attributes(template_specification)