Getting input of input box

Question

I have a input box that, when submitted gives a python method a POST (I'm using django). I'd like to have the search term that the user entered so that I can call methods upon it, preferably in string form.

How do I do that?

Do you want to get the text client side, or server side?

Bojangles
– Bojangles

2011-09-17 14:46:51 +00:00
Commented Sep 17, 2011 at 14:46 — Bojangles
– Bojangles, Commented Sep 17, 2011 at 14:46

infrared · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-17 14:48:08Z

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In your view, you can get POST parameters like this:

def myview(request):
    p = request.POST['parameter']
    # do something with p
    # return http response

answered Sep 17, 2011 at 14:48

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praks5432 Over a year ago

hey- that doesn't work - it's throwing an error key 'parameter' error not found in QueryDict

Daniel Roseman Over a year ago

Sigh. 'parameter' was an example. Use the name of your input.

Umur Kontacı Over a year ago

It might be good to use request.POST.get("parameter") instead of request.POST["parameter"]. The former does not throw an exception if parameter is not given in the form, the latter does. Since it is related to the user input, invalid inputs should not raise HTTP 500 but handled properly by coder.

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