If I had an html code with:
<a name="patient_name" href="{{url_for('patient_history')}}">James</a>
Is it possible for me to get this value of 'James' via something like
request.form['patient_name']?
Is there any similar way that the value of James can be passed to the back end?
There are 2 ways to submit value to the backend:
using GET: like Klaus D. has mentioned, you can put it at the href:
<a name="patient_name" href="{{url_for('patient_history')}}/?value=James">James</a>
using POST: by using form tag and hidden input field:
<form action={{url_for('patient_history')}} method="POST">
<input type="text" value="James" hidden="hidden" />
<button name="patient_name" type="submit">James</button>
</form>
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I am absolutely new to HTML and I was wondering if Someone could help me out. I tried looking for similar questions as mine but I didn't find anything quite like what I am looking for. Sorry if this question seems dumb or easy to you I am trying to learn! So basically I have an ID that I can access inside of my HTML file and I want to send it to my python function through a form, I have already managed to do this for buttons but never for a form. This is how I would send my ID to my function with a button:
<a href="{{url_for('validate_comment', item_id=msr.id)}}"> <--- the msr.id is my ID
<button type="button">
<div class="font-weight-bold">Ajouter un commentaire</div>
</button>
</a>
And this works perfectly but i was wondering if there was any way to do the same with a form as I am not calling a function but doing an action instead. This is how my form looks:
<form id="commentaire_form" method="post" action="/testement"> <--- here is where I give the route but how can i send the ID to the function linked to this route?
<textarea id='text' name="text"></textarea>
<input type="submit">
</form>
If anyone could help me I would greatly appreciate it, thanks in advance :-)
The below will make a POST request to the /testement route/URL. You can catch the id POST value in your python script.
<form id="commentaire_form" method="post" action="/testement">
<textarea id='text' name="text"></textarea>
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="{{ msr.id }}">
<input type="submit">
</form>
<form action="/" method="post">
<button class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-sm" type="submit" name="submit_btn" value="favorites" data-
value="{{[i]}}">Favorites</button>
</form>
I have this button in Html, I want to obtain the variable "i" which is contained in the "data-value", to use it in Python, I'm using Flask also, thanks!.
The server (Flask/Python) won't have access to the data-value attribute when you submit the form. It's not part of the data that gets sent to the server.
You might try adding a "hidden" form element, which will send a key/value pair to the server without displaying anything to the user:
<form action="/" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="value" value="{{[i]}}">
<button class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-sm" type="submit" name="submit_btn" value="favorites" data-value="{{[i]}}">Favorites</button>
</form>
As you can see, you can retain the data-value attribute on the button, but it's not doing anything so only keep it if you're using it in Javascript somehow.
Also note that {{[i]}} will output the string representation of an array with one value, i. So the value you will get on the server is "[5]" if i is 5 for instance. If you want an actual array on the server, there are other ways to do that.
<div class="md-form my-0">
<form action="{% url 'core:home' %}" method="GET" >
<input name="priceMin" type="number" class="form-control mr-sm-2" placeholder="Min"
aria-label = "Search">
</form>
</div>
I want to change only one parameter from my url. For example, if my current url looks like "home/?category=KN&priceMin=50",
after form i want to get "home/?category=KN&priceMin=30"
but i got "home/?priceMin=30".
My other variables are erased, i want only 1 parameter to change, what should i do ? (My Url is suitable for that format so dont mind changing it)
I am building an app using Flask to show nearby shops, and the user can like a shop so it can be added to their liked shops list.
My question is how can i get the value inside the <h4> tag sent to Python knowing that the name attribute is a variable. The html code is below:
<form name='likeF' method='POST' action ='{{url_for("liked")}}'>
<h4 name="ShopName_{{loop.index}}">{{item.ShopName}}</h4>
<p>
Shop Description : {{item.ShopDesc}} <br>
<button type="submit" class="success button like">Like</button>
distance: {{item.ShopDistance}}
</p>
</form>
So please how am I supposed to get back the value of {{item.ShopName}}?
You can't send the text inside an <h4> tag (or any tag that is not a form input) back to the server, at least not without using Javascript. The easiest method would be to duplicate it in a hidden input element inside the form, such as:
<input type="hidden" name="ShopName" value="{{ item.ShopName }}">
Then you can access it using request.form["ShopName"].
I'm using django for a website that has a searchbar setup with a simple form:
<form method="get" action="/browse">
<div class="input-group col-md-12">
<input type="text" name="searchquery" class="form-control input-lg" placeholder="Search" style="margin-right:1vw; border-radius: 5px;"/>
<span class="input-group-btn">
<button class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" type="submit">
{% fontawesome_icon 'search' color='white' %}
</button>
</span>
</div>
</form>
This creates url's like this:
http://127.0.0.1:8000/browse/?searchquery=<searchquery>
However I've setup my django url like this:
http://127.0.0.1:8000/browse/<searchquery>/
I would like to use the second url (as it just looks a lot better in my opinion).
Is there a way I can make my form do this?
This isn't a question about Django. The browser simply can't do this with an HTML form. The action attribute of the form is set when it is loaded.
You could possibly write some JavaScript to make it do this. But that would be the wrong thing to do. Queries like search should be part of the querystring, not the URL.