Flask/User Input

Running locally

static/index.html

<form name="form" method="post" action"" >
    <label for="name">Enter your name:</label>
    <input name="name" type="text">
    <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

main.py

from flask import Flask, request

app = Flask(__name__, static_url_path='')


@app.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def root():
    if request.method == "GET":
        return app.send_static_file('./index.html')
    elif request.method == "POST":
        return "Hello " + request.form['name'] + "!"
    else:
        return "Unexpected request.method: " + request.method


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port='5000')

Running in Repl.it

index.html

<form name="form" method="post" action"" >
    <label for="name">Enter your name:</label>
    <input name="name" type="text">
    <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

main.py

from flask import Flask
from flask import request

app = Flask(__name__, static_folder='.', root_path='/home/runner')

@app.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def root():
    if request.method == "GET":
        return app.send_static_file('./index.html')
    elif request.method == "POST":
        return "Hello " + request.form['name'] + "!"
    else:
        return "Unexpected request.method: " + request.method

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port='5000')

Try It

Copy and paste the code above into one of the following free online development environments or use your own User Input compiler / interpreter / IDE.

• repl.it

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