Im 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?
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)