User input in HTML form not captured in Python correctly

Question

i have this html form where user can choose name from a list :

{% block main %}

    <form action="/ballot" method="post">
        1st Choice
            <select name="name1">
            <option disabled selected value="">name</option>
            {% for candidate in candidates %}
                <option value={{ candidate }}>{{ candidate["name"] }}</option>
            {% endfor %}
            </select><div></div>

In python, i request for this data "name1" using this code

 name1= request.form['name1']           
 return "Username is " + name1

And the result is below :
Username is {‘id’:

Note that "{‘id’:" is nowhere in my code

How do i get the correct value from html form

Asked By: Brenda

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Source

Answer 1

On your for loop value must be between ":

Try editing from this

<option value={{ candidate }}>{{ candidate["name"] }}</option>

To this:

<option value="{{ candidate }}">{{ candidate["name"] }}</option>

Answered By: Sebastian Salinas Del Rio

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