Request¶
Pytonik Request library contains form methods and attributes which comprises of POST , GET and PARAM,
it outline how to use form to perform task such as Login, Registering, Posting, Updating, Requesting, Sending actions.
Import Module
from pytonik.Request import Request
Attribute of Request are :-
- method
- get
- post
- file
- param
method Return POST and GET
Request.method
get returns the value of GET request by obtaining the value using key attribute.
Request.get('name')
post returns the value of POST request by obtaining the value using key attribute.
.. code-block:: python
Request.post(‘name’)
get param returns the value of GET request by accessing the key attributes to obtain the value from either a
custom http query string https://test.com/id/2/name/dog/age/3 or http request query
string https://test.com/?id=2&name=dog&age=3 . which get attribute cannot perform such tasks
Request.param('id')
Request.param('name')
Request.param('age')
file returns POST request by accessing the key attributes to obtain the value for sent request from file fields. Request.file(‘picture’)
Example: using post attribute which will return POST Demonstration form with html code
<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="text" name="id" value="" >
<input type="text" name="name" value="" >
<input type="text" name="age" value="" >
<input type="file" name="picture" value="" >
<button type="submit" name="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
Form actions is handle using the help of operators together with conditional statement to make it easy to check if fields are empty or not :- where is is the same as == and is not is the same as !=.
Notice that the form method is set to POST
if Request.method == "POST":
id = Request.post('id')
name = Request.post('name')
age = Request.post('age')
picture = Request.file('picture')
if id == "":
print("ID is empty")
elif name == "":
print("NAME is empty")
elif age == "":
print("AGE is empty")
elif file == "":
print("PICTURE is empty")
else:
print("SUBMITTED successfully")