I am currently trying to build a simple web application using Flask. With this i am also using WTForms, however i am having problem with getting date information from the fo
WTForm custom date validation compare two dates Start date and End date [Start date should not be greater than end date if so give error].
DateExample.py
from flask import Flask, render_template
from flask_wtf import FlaskForm
from datetime import date
from wtforms.fields.html5 import DateField
from wtforms.fields.html5 import DateTimeField
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['SECRET_KEY']='secretkey'
class TestForm(FlaskForm):
startdate = DateField('Start Date',default=date.today)
enddate = DateField('End Date',default=date.today)
def validate_on_submit(self):
result = super(TestForm, self).validate()
if (self.startdate.data>self.enddate.data):
return False
else:
return result
@app.route('/dateExample',methods=['GET','POST'])
def index():
error = None
form = TestForm()
if form.validate_on_submit():
return 'Start Date is : {} End Date is : {}'.format(form.startdate.data, form.enddate.data)
else:
error = "Start date is greater than End date"
return render_template('dateExample.html',form=form,error = error)
if __name__ =="__main__":
app.run(debug=True,port=5000)
DateExample.html
<html>
<body>
<h1> Flask WFForm </h1>
{% if error %}
<p><strong> Error: </strong></p> {{error}}
{% endif %}
<form method="POST" action="{{url_for('index')}}">
{{ form.csrf_token }}
{{ form.startdate.label }}
{{ form.startdate }}
{{ form.enddate.label }}
{{ form.enddate }}
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>