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Questions about the GET and POST submission form Functions in Python for a Trivia Gam - martin28 - Aug-04-2018
Hey guys! I'm Martin and I'm new to the forum. I was wondering if you could answer my question and possibly solve it for me because I'm really getting depressed over not being able to do it. I'm taking a software development course at the moment and I'm stuck on a Python related assignment. Any and all help would be amazing.
Let me explain my problem: I'm building a trivia game using Python for an assignment. It's being built with a Flask application so that I can open my Python/HTML in a browser (make it more user friendly). My quiz is a multiple choice question quiz, however, I need to create it using a submission form style of answering, not a multiple choice button. I'm using a template I found online for now until I understand the full in and outs but I need to ask: How do I use the GET and POST functions to allow a user to answer the question in a form in the browser and send their answer through my Python logic (the if or else statements) to send them back either a correct or incorrect response?
To clarify, what I would like to be able to do with the code below is get rid of my multiple choice answer system and instead have a system where the user can submit their answer through a form and the logic will return them with a correct/incorrect answer. I'm not plagiarising this code for my assignment, I'm simply using it as a template to trying and explain myself better. Thanks.
from flask import Flask, render_template, request
import random, copy
app = Flask(__name__)
original_questions = {
#Format is 'question':[options]
'Taj Mahal':['Agra','New Delhi','Mumbai','Chennai'],
'Great Wall of China':['China','Beijing','Shanghai','Tianjin'],
'Petra':['Ma\'an Governorate','Amman','Zarqa','Jerash'],
'Machu Picchu':['Cuzco Region','Lima','Piura','Tacna'],
'Egypt Pyramids':['Giza','Suez','Luxor','Tanta'],
'Colosseum':['Rome','Milan','Bari','Bologna'],
'Christ the Redeemer':['Rio de Janeiro','Natal','Olinda','Betim']
}
questions = copy.deepcopy(original_questions)
def shuffle(q):
"""
This function is for shuffling
the dictionary elements.
"""
selected_keys = []
i = 0
while i < len(q):
current_selection = random.choice(q.keys())
if current_selection not in selected_keys:
selected_keys.append(current_selection)
i = i+1
return selected_keys
@app.route('/')
def quiz():
questions_shuffled = shuffle(questions)
for i in questions.keys():
random.shuffle(questions[i])
return render_template('main.html', q = questions_shuffled, o = questions)
@app.route('/quiz', methods=['POST'])
def quiz_answers():
correct = 0
for i in questions.keys():
answered = request.form[i]
if original_questions[i][0] == answered:
correct = correct+1
return '<h1>Correct Answers: <u>'+str(correct)+'</u></h1>'
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run(debug=True)<html><h1>7 Wonders of the World</h1>
<form action='/quiz' method='POST'>
<ol>
{% for i in q %}
<li>Where is <u>{{i}}</u> located?</li>
{% for j in o[i] %}
<input type='radio' value='{{j}}' name='{{i}}' />{{j}}
{% endfor %}
{% endfor %}
</ol>
<input type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
</html>
EDIT ----- Sincerest apologies, I'm not sure how the indent works on this forum. Apologies again.
RE: Questions about the GET and POST submission form Functions in Python for a Trivia Gam - martin28 - Aug-04-2018
Just read the rules for this part of the forum and, again, I would like to clarify that I am NOT plagiarizing the code above for my assignment. The code above is not my work and I take no credit for it. Here's a link for the source which I credit fully with creating the code above (http://radiusofcircle.blogspot.com/2016/03/making-quiz-website-with-python.html). Also, please let me specify that I do not wish anybody to do my work for me, I simply hope that somebody can demonstrate to me, even through a separate example, how I can incorporate Python logic into my HTML and send and return information between both parts. It's something which I really can't get my head around and I just really need a demonstration.
RE: Questions about the GET and POST submission form Functions in Python for a Trivia Gam - snippsat - Aug-05-2018
(Aug-04-2018, 10:22 PM)martin28 Wrote: It's something which I really can't get my head around and I just really need a demonstration.You should start with more basic stuff like understanding how to get values from radio-button in POST with a more simpel setup.
Here is some fixes so you at least get a choice back when submit.
Also fix so it work Python 3.6 -->(as you should use) and indentation fix PEP-8.
from flask import Flask, render_template, request
import random
import copy
app = Flask(__name__)
original_questions = {
# Format is 'question':[options]
'Taj Mahal': ['Agra', 'New Delhi', 'Mumbai', 'Chennai'],
'Great Wall of China': ['China', 'Beijing', 'Shanghai', 'Tianjin'],
'Petra': ['Ma\'an Governorate', 'Amman', 'Zarqa', 'Jerash'],
'Machu Picchu': ['Cuzco Region', 'Lima', 'Piura', 'Tacna'],
'Egypt Pyramids': ['Giza', 'Suez', 'Luxor', 'Tanta'],
'Colosseum': ['Rome', 'Milan', 'Bari', 'Bologna'],
'Christ the Redeemer': ['Rio de Janeiro', 'Natal', 'Olinda', 'Betim']
}
questions = copy.deepcopy(original_questions)
def shuffle(q):
"""
This function is for shuffling
the dictionary elements.
"""
selected_keys = []
i = 0
while i < len(q):
current_selection = random.choice(list(q.keys())) # Python 3 add list
if current_selection not in selected_keys:
selected_keys.append(current_selection)
i = i + 1
return selected_keys
@app.route('/')
def quiz():
questions_shuffled = shuffle(questions)
for i in questions.keys():
random.shuffle(questions[i])
return render_template('main.html', q=questions_shuffled, o=questions)
@app.route('/quiz', methods=['POST'])
def quiz_answers():
correct = 0
# Now will choice from radio-button work
answered = request.form['option']
return f'<h1>Correct Answers: <u>{answered}</u></h1>'
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run(debug=True)<html>
<h1>7 Wonders of the World</h1>
<form action='/quiz' method='POST'>
<ol>
{% for i in q %}
<li>Where is
<u>{{i}}</u> located?</li>
{% for j in o[i] %}
<!-- add name as option -->
<input type='radio' name='option' value='{{j}}' id='{{i}}' />{{j}} {% endfor %} {% endfor %}
</ol>
<input type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
</html>
RE: Questions about the GET and POST submission form Functions in Python for a Trivia Gam - martin28 - Aug-05-2018
Thank you! Could you possibly give me more basic examples of how I can use the POST function so I can send and retrieve answers between the HTNL and Python pages? I'm confusing myself with this code I've provided and I feel like this whole problem is more straightforward than I'm making it out to be. The only example of POST and GET I was ever taught was the submission form for contact forms on website pages, and I have no idea how the logic is used in those forms.
RE: Questions about the GET and POST submission form Functions in Python for a Trivia Gam - snippsat - Aug-05-2018
A more basic example.
# app.py
from flask import Flask, render_template, request, redirect, url_for
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route('/')
def quiz():
return render_template('index.html')
@app.route('/python')
def python():
'''Example of redirect'''
return "<h1 style='color:blue;text-align: center;'>You're the boss</h1>"
@app.route('/quiz', methods=['POST'])
def quiz_answers():
answer = request.form['option']
# print(answer)
if answer in ['C++', 'Java']:
return f"<h1><u>{answer}</u> This can't be right try again</h1>"
if answer == 'Python':
return redirect(url_for('python'))
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run(debug=True)# index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action='/quiz' method='POST'>
<p>Please select your preferred language:</p>
<div>
<input type="radio" id="choice1" name="option" value="C++">
<label for="choice1">C++</label>
<input type="radio" id="choice2" name="option" value="Python">
<label for="choice2">Python</label>
<input type="radio" id="choice3" name="option" value="Java">
<label for="choice3">Java</label>
</div>
<div>
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>So From POST getting value back eg Python.Then on server side do something based on value from POST,then send it back to client side(Browser).
RE: Questions about the GET and POST submission form Functions in Python for a Trivia Gam - martin28 - Aug-05-2018
Hey! Thanks so much. I won't bother you again, but can you show me what this looks like using a submission form style, just so I have a reference point for what I'm aiming for?
RE: Questions about the GET and POST submission form Functions in Python for a Trivia Gam - snippsat - Aug-05-2018
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Please select your preferred language</p>
<ul>
<li>C++</li>
<li>Python</li>
<li>Java</li>
</ul>
<form action="/quiz" method='POST'>
Language:
<br>
<input type="text" name="language" value="">
<br>
<br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>Change this line in app.py:answer = request.form['language']
RE: Questions about the GET and POST submission form Functions in Python for a Trivia Gam - martin28 - Aug-05-2018
Thank you so much! I just ask: I'm getting an error on this line:
return f"<h1><u>{answer}</u> This can't be right try again</h1>"Is the f a typo or did I do something wrong. Apologies again, I don't mean to contradict you and you've been an amazing help, but I just wanna get this right.Oh crap! Now I'm getting a "The requested URL /quiz was not found on this server" when I type I submit.
RE: Questions about the GET and POST submission form Functions in Python for a Trivia Gam - snippsat - Aug-05-2018
(Aug-05-2018, 05:12 PM)martin28 Wrote: Is the f a typo or did I do something wrong.It's string formatting f-string you need Python 3.6 or 3.7 as you should use.
Can use this for earlier versions.
return "<h1><u>{}</u> This can't be right try again</h1>".format(answer)Quote:Oh crap! Now I'm getting a "The requested URL /quiz was not found on this server" when I type I submit.Copy code as it are.
Folder setup.
foo\ |-- app.py templates\ |-- index.htmlRun
python app.pyOutput: * Serving Flask app "app" (lazy loading)
* Environment: production
WARNING: Do not use the development server in a production environment.
Use a production WSGI server instead.
* Debug mode: on
* Restarting with stat
* Debugger is active!
* Debugger PIN: 149-891-526
* Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)