So I'm trying to pass a value from a Jinja2 template back to my Python code. I'm trying to do this with a hidden input. My form class is this:
class TrueOrFalseForm(flask_wtf.FlaskForm):
choice = RadioField(choices=[('True', 'TRUE'), ('False', 'FALSE')], validators=[validators.InputRequired()])
hidden = HiddenField()
submit = SubmitField('Submit')
And my form is this:
<form autocomplete="off" action="" method="post">
{{ form.hidden_tag() }}
<div style="text-align: center">
<div style="display: inline-block">
{{ form.choice }}
{{ form.hidden(value="{{ result }}") }}
{{ form.submit(class_="btn btn-primary btn-lg") }}
</div>
</div>
</form>
result is a string that I'm passing when rendering the template.
When checking the value of form.hidden.data, though, it comes back as ''. The tag also renders as <input id="hidden" name="hidden" type="hidden" value="">.
I've also tried doing value={{ result }} instead of value="{{result}}" but that makes Jinja throw a TemplateSyntaxError.
Any idea on how to do this?
EDIT:
I'm overwriting result every time I call the function.
This is my route function:
@app.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def home():
form = forms.TrueOrFalseForm()
x = random.randint(-100, 100)
y = random.randint(-100, 100)
statement_str = generate_statement_string(2)
tree = BinTree.build_tree(statement_str)
statement_result = BinTree.solve_tree(tree, x, y) # result gets overwritten here
if form.validate_on_submit():
if not flask_login.current_user.is_anonymous:
# same as the else, except with some sql, not relevant
else:
if form.choice.data == form.hidden.data:
flask.flash('Correct!')
else:
flask.flash('Incorrect!')
return flask.render_template('home.html', x_value=str(x), y_value=str(y), statement=statement_str,
result=str(statement_result), form=form)
{{ form.hidden(value="{{ result }}") }} is already in templating syntax with the outer double curly brackets. Therefore, you should just be able to plainly write the result variable, like this: {{ form.hidden(value=result) }}
EDIT
Replace {{ form.hidden_tag() }} with {{ form.csrf_token() }} as well as doing what is in my original answer.
You may also have to instantiate the form with form = forms.TrueOrFalseForm(request.form). Some forms behave weirdly if you don't do that.
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