[Flask] Access form data in view function

[Alex Hall]

I hope I've done this right. I've never used that site, and it's a bit
difficult to use with a screen reader. This should link to the html
generated by my template and form class.
http://pastebin.com/edttHiV7

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Corey Boyle <coreybrett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Paste your latest HTML into a pastebin so we can see it.
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Alex Hall <ahall at autodist.com> wrote:
> > 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
> > Automatic Distributors, IT department
> > ahall at autodist.com
>



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Alex Hall
Automatic Distributors, IT department
ahall at autodist.com
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