I am learning Flask and trying build a very simple app which has few parts creating new users and searching the existing users. The create/register new users part is working just fine, but for some reason the search function is not working as expected because the form is not getting submitted. I have tried to look every possible case which I think of, searched Stackoverflow as well but could not get to fix it.
The code for registration functionality:
forms.py
from flask_wtf import FlaskForm
from wtforms import StringField, SubmitField
from wtforms.validators import DataRequired, length
class Register(FlaskForm):
name = StringField('name', validators=[DataRequired(), length(min=1, max=30)])
email = StringField('email', validators=[DataRequired()])
submit = SubmitField('Register')
class UserSeacrh(FlaskForm):
name = StringField('name', validators=[DataRequired()])
email = StringField('email', validators=[DataRequired()])
submit = SubmitField('Search')
views.py
@app.route("/register", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def register():
form = Register()
if form.validate_on_submit():
db.create_all()
user = CreateUser(form.name.data, form.email.data)
db.session.add(user)
db.session.commit()
flash('User {} created successfully'.format(form.name.data))
return redirect(url_for("register"))
return render_template("register.html", form=form, title='New User Registration')
@app.route("/search", methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def user_profile():
form = UserSeacrh()
if form.validate_on_submit():
flash('{}'.format(user))
return redirect(url_for("home"))
#return render_template("users.html", users=user)
return render_template("userSearch.html", form=form)
register.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block body %}
<form action="" method="post">
{{ form.hidden_tag() }}
<div>
<h4>User Registeration</h4>
<span>Name {{form.name}}</span>
<span style="color: red">
{% for error in form.name.errors %}
{{error}}
{% endfor %}
</span
<span>Email {{form.email}}</span>
<span style="color: red">
{% for error in form.email.errors %}
{{error}}
{% endfor %}
</span>
</div>
{{form.submit()}}
</form>
{% with messages = get_flashed_messages() %}
{% if messages %}
<br/>
<ul>
{% for message in messages %}
<li>{{message}}</li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
{% endif %}
{% endwith %}
{% endblock %}
userSearch.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block body %}
<form action="" method="post">
{{ form.hidden_tag() }}
<h4>User Search Form</h4>
<div>
<span>Email {{form.email}}</span>
<span style="color: red">
{% for error in form.email.errors %}
{{error}}
{% endfor %}
</span>
</div>
{{form.submit()}}
</form>
{% with messages = get_flashed_messages() %}
{% if messages %}
<br/>
<ul>
{% for message in messages %}
<li>{{message}}</li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
{% endif %}
{% endwith %}
{% endblock %}
I am clueless now, can someone please help me out here?