Flask Python Buttons

Question

I'm trying to create two buttons on a page. Each one I would like to carry out a different Python script on the server. So far I have only managed to get/collect one button using.

def contact():   form = ContactForm()    if request.method == 'POST':     return 'Form posted.'    elif request.method == 'GET':      return render_template('contact.html', form=form) 

What would I need to change based on button pressed?

Answer 1

Give your two buttons the same name and different values:

<input type="submit" name="submit_button" value="Do Something"> <input type="submit" name="submit_button" value="Do Something Else"> 

Then in your Flask view function you can tell which button was used to submit the form:

def contact():     if request.method == 'POST':         if request.form['submit_button'] == 'Do Something':             pass # do something         elif request.form['submit_button'] == 'Do Something Else':             pass # do something else         else:             pass # unknown     elif request.method == 'GET':         return render_template('contact.html', form=form)