I am learning how to do web development and am using PythonAnywhere with the Flask framework because I was taught python in school and am most familiar with it.
I am making a login page that should redirect to another page after the username and password have been validated and are correct.
I am getting a syntax error for the line result = @app.route("/staff_intranet")
How do I make the submit button lead to another page?
Below is my function for the login page.
def staff_login():
errors = ""
if request.method == "POST":
username = None
password = None
try:
username = string(request.form["username"])
except:
errors += "<p> Enter a valid username. </p>\n".format(request.form["username"])
try:
password = string(request.form["password"])
except:
errors += "<p> Enter a valid password. </p>\n".format(request.form["password"])
if username is not None and password is not None:
result = @app.route("/staff_intranet")
return '''
<html>
<body>
{errors}
<form method = "post" action = ".">
<label for "username"> Username: </label>
<br>
<input type = "text" id = username>
<label for "password"> Password </label>
<br>
<input type = "password" id = pwd>
<br><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
'''.format (errors=errors)
Use flask redirect method
from flask import Flask,redirect
def staff_login():
errors = ""
if request.method == "POST":
username = None
password = None
try:
username = string(request.form["username"])
except:
errors += "<p> Enter a valid username. </p>\n".format(request.form["username"])
try:
password = string(request.form["password"])
except:
errors += "<p> Enter a valid password. </p>\n".format(request.form["password"])
if username is not None and password is not None:
return redirect("/staff_intranet")
return '''
<html>
<body>
{errors}
<form method = "post" action = ".">
<label for "username"> Username: </label>
<br>
<input type = "text" id = username>
<label for "password"> Password </label>
<br>
<input type = "password" id = pwd>
<br><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
'''.format (errors=errors)