[Flask] Access form data in view function

[Alex Hall]

No, but that was a good idea. It gave me all the built-in functions, and I
saw "values" among them. When I print request.form.values, I see only
'orderNumber' (my text field) and u''. I should see at least my checkbox,
which I made sure to uncheck the first time and check the second time, but
I don't. I also double checked my template, and the source of the webpage
in Firefox, but all elements are definitely inside the form element. Does
"values" do something other than what I'm thinking, or does this mean my
form is somehow missing the rest of its fields?

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 8:21 AM, Corey Boyle <coreybrett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Have you tried using Python's dir builtin on the form object inside
> the request object?
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 8:13 AM, Alex Hall <ahall at autodist.com> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > Further to my question about multiple select fields yesterday, how does a
> > view function access form data in general? I know I use the global(?)
> > request object's "form" property, but beyond that I'm not sure. I can
> access
> > StringField values (I'm using WTF) by using request.form.fieldID. But
> single
> > select fields, multiple select fields, the status of checkboxes or radio
> > buttons, and so on I can't work out or find online. One resource said,
> for
> > checkboxes, to use request.form.getlist("checkboxID"), but that gave me
> an
> > empty list despite that checkbox being checked. What am I missing? I know
> > people usually use validators, but I need the values and statuses of
> > elements in my form-processing view function because I'm dynamically
> > constructing an SQL query based on the form's information.
> >
> > --
> > Alex Hall
> > Automatic Distributors, IT department
> > ahall at autodist.com
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Alex Hall
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