Hey Brian,
Maybe it's as easy as
g_place = self.request.POST.get('place')
instead of
g_place = self.request.get('place')
Cheers
Niklas Stockholm
On Jan 4, 11:18 am, thebrianschott <schott.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Having received no replies, let me say a little more.
>
> If I add the following line into the beginning of function process
> (form),
> the POST does successfully POST the value of place, but the
> values of all the other hidden form inputs are *not* POSTED. And
> I cannot add lines like the following one for the other hidden form
> inputs because they are not known and must be taken from the
> user's map settings.
>
> form.place.value = String({{place|addslashes}});
>
> Perhaps I should have included the following html code in the original
> posting, too. (The map is dragged about --recentered-- and zoomed
> by the user, so these initial settings are revised before the form
> is POSTed).
>
> *******************more relevant html code below******************
> var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"),
> {draggableCursor:"default"});
> map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
> map.setCenter(new GLatLng(24.21,-41.48), 2);
> *******************more relevant html code above******************
>
> Here is another critical piece of information. If I replace the
> following
> line in process(form) with the second line below, I still get an
> error
> message that center_lat is an empty string. So it appears that the
> POST method is not working the way I have it constructed.
>
> form.center_lat.value = String(map.getCenter().lat());
> form.center_lat.value = String(34);
>
> Please help with this POST problem.
>
> Brian in Atlanta
>
> On Jan 2, 9:03 am, thebrianschott <schott.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I cannot retrieve the value of the variable "g_place" in the following
> > python script back from "add_place.html". "g_place" is effectively
> > sent to "add_place.html" in the "def get(self)" section of class
> > AddPlace, but "g_place" is not returned to the python script in the
> > "def post(self)" section of class AddPlace. "g_place" is sent to
> > "add_place.html" and placed in the var "iwform" with the phrase
> > {{place|escape}}.
>
> > (I hope I have provided enough information. I am reluctant to upload
> > this buggy version to GAE, so I cannot just provide a link. Please
> > advise if there is another protocol/procedure I should be using to
> > provide the code as a link.)
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Brian in Atlanta
>
> > *******************relevant python code below******************
> > class MainPage(webapp.RequestHandler):
> > def get(self):
> > place_id = self.request.get("place", None)
>
> > place= Group(key_name=place_id)
> > place.place = place_id
> > place.user = user
> > place.put()
> > key = db.Key.from_path("Group", place_id)
> > path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
> > 'add_place.html')
> > template_values = dict(place_id=place.key(),
> > place=place.place)
> > self.response.out.write(template.render(path,
> > template_values))
>
> > class AddPlace(webapp.RequestHandler):
> > #creates blank template_values
> > def get(self):
> > g_place = self.request.get('place')
> > user = users.get_current_user()
> > param = 'add_place.html'
> > path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), param)
> > template_values = dict(place=g_place)
> > self.response.out.write(template.render(path,
> > template_values))
>
> > #creates initial group attribute values
> > def post(self):
> > g_place = self.request.get('place')
> > group= Group(key_name=g_place)
> > group.place = g_place
> > group.center_lat = float(self.request.get('center_lat'))
> > group.center_lng = float(self.request.get('center_lng'))
> > group.zoom = int(self.request.get('zoom'))
> > group.put()
> > self.redirect("/?place=%s" % g_place)
>
> > application = webapp.WSGIApplication(
> > [('/', MainPage),
> > ('/details.txt', Details),
> > ('/add_place', AddPlace)],
> > debug=True)
> > *******************relevant python code above******************
>
> > *******************relevant html code below******************
> > var lastmarker;
> > var myEventListener;
>
> > var iwform = 'Enter your group\'s information:<br>'
> > + '<form method="POST" onsubmit="return process(this)"
> > action="add_place">'
> > + 'Group Name or Initials: '
> > + '<br />'
> > + '<strong>{{place|escape}}</strong>'
> > + '<br />'
> > + ' <input type="hidden" name="place" value="{{place|
> > addslashes}}"/>'
> > + ' <input type="hidden" name="center_lat"/>'
> > + ' <input type="hidden" name="center_lng"/>'
> > + ' <input type="hidden" name="zoom"/>'
> > + ' <input type="submit" value="Submit" />'
> > + '<\/form>';
>
> > function process(form) {
> > // == populate map data
> > form.center_lat.value = String(map.getCenter().lat());
> > form.center_lng.value = String(map.getCenter().lng());
> > form.zoom.value = String(map.getZoom());
> > lastmarker.closeInfoWindow();
> > GEvent.removeListener(myEventListener);
>
> > return true;
> > }
> > *******************relevant html code above******************
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