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How can we send a GET request to a python bottle server without using Javascript?

This is the simple HTML page with a text box and a search button

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<input type="text" name="queryString"><br>
<button type="button" name="searchButton">Search</button>
</body>
</html>

Initially, the above HTML page is served by a bottle server (I am going to omit the code), and then I wish to process the search queryString using:

@route('/', method = 'GET')
def processSearch():
    queryString = request.forms.get("queryString")
    print 'queryString is:', keyword
    return 'processSearch() executed'

My question is: without a Javascript onclick listener function (which would make an AJAX call), is it possible to click on the search button and fire a GET request which starts executing processSearch()?

Note: I am aware POST is ideal for form data submission, but I am still interested to know if this will work.

Solution

  • Put it in a form, and change the button to a submit input:

    <form action="yourscript.py" method="get">
    <input type="text" name="queryString"><br>
    <input type="submit" name="searchButton" value="Search">
</form>