How to obtain values of request variables using Python and Flask

Question

I m wondering how to go about obtaining the value of a POST GET request variable using Python with Flask   With Ruby  I d do something like this   variable name   params  FormFieldValue     How would I do this with Flask

User · Accepted Answer

You can get posted form data from request form and query string data from request args   myvar    request form  myvar       myvar   request args  myvar

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Adding more to Jason s more generalized way of retrieving the POST data or GET data  from flask restful import reqparse  def parse arg from requests arg    kwargs       parse   reqparse RequestParser       parse add argument arg    kwargs      args   parse parse args       return args arg   form field value   parse arg from requests  FormFieldValue

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If you want to retrieve POST data   first name   request form get  firstname     If you want to retrieve GET  query string  data   first name   request args get  firstname     Or if you don t care know whether the value is in the query string or in the post data   first name   request values get  firstname      request values is a CombinedMultiDict that combines Dicts from request form and request args

[python] How to obtain values of request variables using Python and Flask

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