How to get the value from the drop down box django?

give a name to tag, like

<select name="dropdown">    <option selected="selected" disabled>Objects on page:</option>            <option value="10">10</option>            <option value="20">20</option>            <option value="30">30</option>            <option value="40">40</option>            <option value="50">50</option>    </select>

Access it in view like

def PageObjects(request):     q = bla_bla_bla(bla_bla)     answer = request.GET['dropdown'] 

I would recommend sending your data with post:

<form action="PageObjects" method="post">  <select >    <option selected="selected" disabled>Objects on page:</option>    <option value="10">10</option>    <option value="20">20</option>    <option value="30">30</option>    <option value="40">40</option>    <option value="50">50</option>  </select>  <input type="submit" value="Select"></form>

And you should access your form values through the cleaned_data dictionary:

def page_objects(request):  if request.method == 'POST':    form = YourForm(request.POST)    if form.is_valid():      answer = form.cleaned_data['value']

I really recommend that you read the Django docs:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/forms/#using-a-form-in-a-view

make a file forms.py inside of 'your_app_folder'

in forms.py:

class FilterForm(forms.Form):    FILTER_CHOICES = (        ('time', 'Time'),        ('timesince', 'Time Since'),        ('timeuntil', 'Time Untill'),    )    filter_by = forms.ChoiceField(choices = FILTER_CHOICES)

in views.py

from .forms import FilterFormdef name_of_the_page(request): form = FilterForm(request.POST or None) answer = '' if form.is_valid():  answer = form.cleaned_data.get('filter_by')   // notice `filter_by` matches the name of the variable we designated  // in forms.py

this form will generate the following html:

<tr><th><label for="id_filter_by">Filter by:</label></th><td><select id="id_filter_by" name="filter_by" required><option value="time" selected="selected">Time</option><option value="timesince">Time Since</option><option value="timeuntil">Time Untill</option></select></td></tr>

Notice the option field with attribute selected, when you submit the form, in your views.py file you will grab the data from selected attribute with the line

answer = form.cleaned_data.get('filter_by')