[Django]-How to get the value from the drop down box django?

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13👍

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I would recommend sending your data with post:

<form action="PageObjects" method="post">
  <select >
    <option selected="selected" disabled>Objects on page:</option>
    <option value="10">10</option>
    <option value="20">20</option>
    <option value="30">30</option>
    <option value="40">40</option>
    <option value="50">50</option>
  </select>
  <input type="submit" value="Select">
</form>

And you should access your form values through the cleaned_data dictionary:

def page_objects(request):
  if request.method == 'POST':
    form = YourForm(request.POST)

    if form.is_valid():
      answer = form.cleaned_data['value']

I really recommend that you read the Django docs:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/forms/#using-a-form-in-a-view

👤Jens

23👍

give a name to tag, like

<select name="dropdown">
    <option selected="selected" disabled>Objects on page:</option>
    <option value="10">10</option>
    <option value="20">20</option>
    <option value="30">30</option>
    <option value="40">40</option>
    <option value="50">50</option>
</select>

Access it in view like

def PageObjects(request): 
    q = bla_bla_bla(bla_bla) 
    answer = request.GET['dropdown']
👤Paritosh Singh

2👍

make a file forms.py inside of ‘your_app_folder’

in forms.py:

class FilterForm(forms.Form):
    FILTER_CHOICES = (
        ('time', 'Time'),
        ('timesince', 'Time Since'),
        ('timeuntil', 'Time Untill'),
    )

    filter_by = forms.ChoiceField(choices = FILTER_CHOICES)

in views.py

from .forms import FilterForm

def name_of_the_page(request):
 form = FilterForm(request.POST or None)
 answer = ''
 if form.is_valid():
  answer = form.cleaned_data.get('filter_by') 
  // notice `filter_by` matches the name of the variable we designated
  // in forms.py

this form will generate the following html:

<tr><th><label for="id_filter_by">Filter by:</label></th><td><select id="id_filter_by" name="filter_by" required>
<option value="time" selected="selected">Time</option>
<option value="timesince">Time Since</option>
<option value="timeuntil">Time Untill</option>
</select></td></tr>

Notice the option field with attribute selected, when you submit the form, in your views.py file you will grab the data from selected attribute with the line

answer = form.cleaned_data.get('filter_by')
👤nodefault

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