from flask import Flask, redirect, url_for, request, render_template import uuid # Create the application. APP = Flask(__name__) # Define different routes of the application. @APP.route('/2ndpage', methods=['GET', 'POST']) def drawPlz(): title = "Lost Stories" name = request.form.get('lostobject') msg = "Sorry that you lost {name}. But {name} will be having fun somewhere." if request.method == 'POST': args =request.args print(args.get("msg")) id = args.get("id") image = request.form["data"] print(image) with open('database/'+ str(id) +'.txt', 'a+') as db: db.write(f"{ image }") return render_template("drawing.html", title=title, msg=msg) @APP.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST']) def index(): title = "Lost Stories" # If something is submitted through the form... # ref: https://pythonbasics.org/flask-http-methods/ if request.method == 'POST': id = uuid.uuid4() print(id) # Read the values from the form element. name = request.form.get('lostobject', 'nana') text = request.form.get('text', 'haha') print(text) # date = request.form['dd-mm-yyyy'] Q.How can I include date? Or maybe general date input? Sometimes ppl do remember when they lose sth. and somethimes they do not know. # Write the submitted data to a file, which is # in this case a "csv" (comma seperated values) file # that you can also open with spreadsheet software. # Note that the file is opened in the mode "a+" # which means that the Flask application will append values # (and not overwrite the csv file). with open('database/'+ str(id) +'.txt', 'w') as db: db.write(f"{ name } \n{ text } \n") msg = "Thanks!" # return render_template('index.html', title=title, msg=msg) return redirect(url_for('drawPlz', title=title, msg=msg, id=id)) # If the index page is loaded... msg = "Please submite the form below." return render_template('index.html', title=title, msg=msg) if __name__ == '__main__': APP.debug = True APP.run(port = 5000)