Get form parameter value from request in Play 2.0 Scala controller

Question

In Play 2.0 Scala application I have simple page with Form with one parameter. It redirects to another page, where I want to do something with parameter from the form. How can I get it?

I'm looking for something like

request.formData.get("paramName")

I know request.body, but still don't know how to get single parameter value from it.

Answer 1

I'd say that the easyest way to retrieve forms data is to use the Form structure in play.api.data. So here is how you could do it in play2.0-rc1

val form = Form[(String, String)](
  tuple(
    "paramName1" -> nonEmptyText,
    "paramName2" -> nonEmptyText
  )
)

form.bindFromRequest.fold(
  failure => (),//do smthg with the failure info
  { case (p1, p2) => println(p1);println(p1)}
)

Instead of using nonEmptyText you might use of[String].

Check what is put in your hands for that mapping here Forms Helper. Some other information that should help you further are here.

Answer 2

If a post request with following may work

request().body().asFormUrlEncoded().get("myparam")[0];