lilac lake
Using flask I want to be able to allow the user to enter the day/time in which they have a meeting and then once entered it will automatically create a html template that I can redirect the user to, however I've only seen the ability to redirect to html templates that are preexisting.
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Using flask I want to be able to allow the user to enter the day/time in which t...
@lilac lake
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iron pier
dunno what it would mean to "redirect to an HTML template"
do you mean "redirect to a page which you generate via a template"?
lilac lake
dunno what it would mean to "redirect to an HTML template"
as in return redirect(url_for('x'))
lilac lake
do you mean "redirect to a page which you generate via a template"?
ig but I want the template to be created when the slot is added to the timetable
iron pier
well I don't use flask, but that sounds like what I said
you create templates; your server doesn't.
That's like saying "I want my server to create python code that ..."
lilac lake
That's like saying "I want my server to create python code that ..."
as in when I enter a day and time it will create a html template in the time slot and a button will appear within the <td>
do I have to create a html template for each time slot before the button would be created?
iron pier
I think you just want to create an html page based on the given date and time
iron pier
do I have to create a html template for each time slot before the button would b...
I don't understand that question at all. I suspect you and I have very different definitions for the word "template", and I don't know what yours is.
lilac lake
I think you just want to create an html *page* based on the given date and time
what is the difference between a html page and a template
iron pier
ah
iron pier
a "template" has spots in it where your server can fill in different strings, depending on variables
a page is just what your browser knows how to render
templates use languages like jinka or mako
I would humbly suggest that you are misusing the word "template", and will confuse everyone you speak to, unless you straighten out.
lilac lake
I would humbly suggest that you are misusing the word "template", and will confu...
in the flask tutorial I watched all of these are categorised as templates tho?
iron pier
I have no idea what tutorial you watched, nor how they use, or misuse, terminology
it's possible that those files are indeed templates, I can't tell just by looking at their names.
templates typically have stuff like {{ this }} in them
wheras HTML doesn't
lilac lake
templates typically have stuff like `{{ this }}` in them
I have that in all of my html - {% extends "base.html" %} {% block title %}Schedule{% endblock %} {% block content
%}
except for base
iron pier
ok that sure looks like a template
but you created those; your flask server didn't
[[and those templates look like django's template language; I'd be surprised if they worked in flask]]
lilac lake
do I have to create a html template for each time slot before the button would b...
I see what you mean now, is it not possible to write code to create a template like I mentioned here @iron pier
iron pier
no idea what you mean
anyone can create a template at any time; all you need is a text editor
but I doubt that's what you were asking
lilac lake
like this
but I wanted to link it to my python files
rather than keep it in the html file
iron pier
that looks like some JS code, which I'm too lazy to study carefully
what does it have to do with your question?
if you want to put JS into your template, go ahead
it should work fine
lilac lake
when I enter a time and day here I want it to add a button to the corresponding table slot which will then redirect the user to a separate html file
lilac lake
I was wondering if I had to manually create each html file or if once the button I have put is in the table there is a method to create a html file
this is my question ^ @iron pier
I don't expect someone to code the function of adding a button
iron pier
that, I don't understand
lilac lake
but I couldn't find anything that would allow me to do that
iron pier
I can think of two broad ways to add a button:
[that timetable looks pretty slick btw]
lilac lake
https://paste.pythondiscord.com/4CSQ
If you want to skim read this paste bin, this html file allows you to create a button once day/time entered and creates a html file but it's all done in html which I don't like
iron pier
I'd say "it's done in Javascript which I don't like"
lilac lake
i thought JS and html were different?
iron pier
they are
so the question is: what role do you want your web server to play in this
I notice there is no "add-slot-btn" yet
lilac lake
When the day/time inputted by a user I want to create a button (which I can do myself) in the corresponding table slot and once this table slot is pressed it will create a html file for me e.g.(monday_13:00)
iron pier
yes you've already said that
lilac lake
I can add the button myself, I don't expect python help to code for me
iron pier
and I understand it
lilac lake
and I understand it
so is it possible or no?
iron pier
of course it's possible
iron pier
not offhand but there must be hundreds on the web
lilac lake
or just methods to do so using python flask
lilac lake
not offhand but there must be hundreds on the web
already looked which is why I'm asking here
iron pier
maybe add an event listener that "listens to" both the day and time select thingies; when they both have a value, have the event listener add the button.
that way you're doing it entirely in javascript. That's not necessarily better than having flask do it; it's just one way
another way: have those select thingies be part of a form, which does a POST to your flask server; have it return another page, just like this one, except with the new button in the right place.
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