Feb-25-2020, 01:37 PM
I'm a newbie, trying to use Flask with WTForms. My objective is to create a form to edit a user record returned from a database. The following code, mocking the db with an instance of the User class, executes without error for the /form route. No problem. But the form values do not contain pre-populated data for the user to edit!
The /test route returns: TypeError: 'str' object is not callable.
I just want the form to display user data for editing.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here's code from my .py file:
Here's the template for the /form route:
Here's the template for the /test route:
The /test route returns: TypeError: 'str' object is not callable.
I just want the form to display user data for editing.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here's code from my .py file:
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class LogInForm(FlaskForm): username = StringField('username', [validators.DataRequired()]) password = PasswordField('password', [validators.DataRequired()])class User(): def __init__(self, name, pwd): self.name = name self.pwd = pwd@app.route('/test', methods=['GET', 'POST'])def test(): found_user = User("Moe", "2222") form = LogInForm(obj=found_user) return render_template('test.html',user=found_user, form=form)@app.route('/form', methods=['GET', 'POST'])def form(): user = User("Moe", "2222") form = LogInForm(obj=user) if form.validate_on_submit(): return f'The form has been submitted. Username {form.username.data}. Password{form.password.data}' return render_template('forms.html', form=form) |
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form method = "POST" action="{{ url_for('form') }}"> {{ form.csrf_token }} {% for field in form %} <p> {{field.label}} {{field}} </p> {% endfor %} <input type="submit" value="Submit"></form></body> |
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<body> {% from "_formhelpers.html" import render_field %} <form method="post"> <dl> {{ render_field(user.name) }} {{ render_field(user.pwd) }} </dl> <p><input type="submit" value="Submit"> </form><a href="/">Go to home page.</a></body> |