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Those are methods you'll find on both request objects and on repository session:
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:URL handling:
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  * `build_url(*args, **kwargs)`, returns an absolute URL based on the
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    given arguments. The *controller* supposed to handle the response,
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    can be specified through the first positional parameter (the
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    connection is theoretically done automatically :).
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:Data formatting:
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  * `format_date(date, date_format=None, time=False)` returns a string for a
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    date time according to instance's configuration
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  * `format_time(time)` returns a string for a date time according to
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    instance's configuration
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:And more...:
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  * `tal_render(template, variables)`, renders a precompiled page template with
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    variables in the given dictionary as context
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Result set methods:
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  * `get_entity(row, col)`, returns the entity corresponding to the data position
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    in the *result set*
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  * `complete_entity(row, col, skip_bytes=True)`, is equivalent to `get_entity` but
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    also call the method `complete()` on the entity before returning it
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