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?

Answer 1

If you want to obtain data from a POST request you can use: request.form["var_name"]

If you want to obtain data from a GET request you can use: request.args["var_name"]