Retrieve text from textarea in Flask [duplicate]
Render a template with the form and textarea. Use url_for to point the form at the view that will handle the data. Access the data from request.form.
templates/form.html:
<form action="{{ url_for('submit') }}" method="post"> <textarea name="text"></textarea> <input type="submit"></form>app.py:
from flask import Flask, request, render_templateapp = Flask(__name__)@app.route('/')def index(): return render_template('form.html')@app.route('/submit', methods=['POST'])def submit(): return 'You entered: {}'.format(request.form['text'])