Not sure I understand. You have every piece you need. def index(): form = SQLFORM.factory(Field('x')).process() return locals()
and in index.html() {{=form}} {{if form.accepted:}} <img src="{{=URL(f='myplotfunction', vars=dict(myvar=form.vars.x))}}"/> {{pass}} On Wednesday, 30 October 2013 14:55:50 UTC-5, Josh Myers wrote: > > I have all this working the same way as Massimo suggested with matplotlib, > no problems. > > But, I can't for the life of me figure out how to pass a variable into the > controller plot function from the view. This would be so I can, for > example, ask the user to choose a variable through a form and then produce > a histogram of that variable with matplotlib. Right now I have it working > but only if the variable for the histogram is preset in the controller plot > function. > > I tried to set the variable with request.vars like so: > > <img src="{{=URL(f='myplotfunction', vars=dict(myvar=userselectedvar))}}"/> > > And then simply use request.vars.myvar in the function: > > def myplotfunction(): > ... > return ... > > Where am I going wrong? I am misunderstanding syntax or how request.vars > works? > > I would appreciate any help. > > - Josh > > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.