Get the selected values from html file to app in flask

Vinay P — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 07:44:56 +0000

I have a application build in flask (sorry I have produced a piece of code below since I am not able to put entire code here).

I need to get whatever is selected from dropdown. Below is the code in template.html where there is a dropdown. I have a name attribute here

template.html

<select  name="comp_select" onchange="update_selected_option_value(value)" method="POST">
    {% for ticker in tickers %}<option value="{{ticker}}" SELECTED>{{ticker}}</option>{% endfor %}
</select>

Now i am trying retrieve selected value so I am using below code

@app.route('/', methods=['GET','POST'])
def dropdown():   
    company_name = request.form['comp_select']
    return render_template('template.html')

So basically i need to get selected value in company_name . But I am not able to get it. Can anyone help me what wrong I am doing?

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Vinay P — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 08:05:58 +0000

Hi all,

I am new to this community. So I wanted to check if I can post my Flask code here as I am facing few issues running the application?

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Get the selected values from html file to app in flask

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