[Flask] Help with simple example using AngularJS

Wed Jan 31 18:11:37 EST 2018

Hello Clint,
I wasn't using Flask one one of my backends (just plain cgi python), but I 
had to pass the JSON object as a string. Could you try out

         $http.post('/', JSON.stringify(data), config)

and see if that gives you what you want?

hth
adil

On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 04:52:08PM -0800, Clint Olsen wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I'm new to Flask and Angular and only done a little web-based programming,
> so please forgive my lack of understanding. I've just cobbled together
> examples from Flask as well as some examples online to come up with the
> following.
> 
> I am interested in the most basic functionality of modifying a web form and
> capturing that in the back-end to prove I can get data at least in one
> direction:
> 
> *static/app.js*:
> 
> var app = angular.module('myApp', []);
> 
> app.controller('formCtrl', function($scope, $log, $http) {
>     $scope.firstName = "John";
> 
>     $scope.SendData = function () {
>         var data = { 'foo': $scope.firstName };
> 
>         var config = {
>             headers : {
>                 'Content-Type':
> 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8;'
>             }
>         }
> 
>         $http.post('/', data, config)
>             .success(function(results) {
>             $log.log(results);
>         })
>         .error(function(error) {
>             $log.log(error);
>         });
>     };
> });
> 
> *static/index.html*:
> 
> <!doctype html>
> <html>
>     <head>
>         <script src="
> https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.3/angular.min.js
> "></script>
>                 <script src="
> http://code.angularjs.org/1.5.3/angular-route.min.js"></script>
>                 <script src="/static/app.js"></script>
>                 <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/style.css" />
>     </head>
>     <body>
>         <div ng-app="myApp" ng-controller="formCtrl">
>         <form>
>             First Name: <input type="text" ng-model="firstName">
> 
>             <button data-ng-click="SendData()">
>                 Send
>             </button>
>         </form>
> 
>         <h1>You entered: {{firstName}}</h1>
> 
>         <div>
>     </body>
> </html>
> 
> *app.py*:
> 
> from flask import Flask, request, send_file
> 
> app = Flask(__name__)
> 
> @app.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
> def index():
>     print('Request: %s' % request.method)
>     if request.method == 'POST':
>         data = request.form.to_dict()
>         print('First name from form is %s' % data)
>         return 'OK'
>     else:
>         return send_file("static/index.html")
> 
> if __name__ == "__main__":
>     app.run(host='0.0.0.0', debug=True)
> 
> This code (sort of) works, but the message I get from index() is kind of
> weird, so maybe I'm not packaging the data payload correctly? In this
> example I just populate the form with a "C":
> 
> Flask log:
> 
> Request: GET
> 127.0.0.1 - - [29/Jan/2018 16:40:11] "GET /? HTTP/1.1" 200 -
> 127.0.0.1 - - [29/Jan/2018 16:40:11] "GET /static/app.js HTTP/1.1" 200 -
> 127.0.0.1 - - [29/Jan/2018 16:40:11] "GET /static/style.css HTTP/1.1" 200 -
> Request: POST
> First name from form is {'{"foo":"C"}': ''}
> 127.0.0.1 - - [29/Jan/2018 16:40:16] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 -
> 
> I'm not not quite sure why the key/value pair is embedded in a dictionary
> as the key with an empty value.
> 
> Any pointers would be much appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Clint

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