I'm trying to build a simple online quiz using Flask and Python 3.6, using HTML forms with radio buttons to carry the selected answers between Flask routes. The first step is to select a category for the quiz, before leading to the actual quiz page, as follows:
app = Flask(__name__)
categories = ['Europe', 'South America', 'North America']
@app.route('/')
def select():
return render_template('selecting.html', cats= categories)
@app.route('/quiz', methods = ['POST'])
def quizing():
selected_cat = request.form['categories']
return "<h1>You have selected category: " + selected_cat + "</h1>
Where 'selecting.html' is as follows:
<form action='/quiz' method='POST'>
<ol>
{% for cat in cats%}
<li><input type = 'radio' name= 'categories' value ={{cat}}>{{cat}}</li>
{% endfor %}
</ol>
<input type="submit" value="submit"/>
</form>
When I select 'Europe', the quiz page reads:
<h1>You have selected category: Europe</h1>
However, when I select 'North America' the quiz page reads:
<h1>You have selected category: North</h1>
Why is the second word of the selected category not carried between the Flask routes and what can I do to retain the full category name?
