| JavaScript Ajax Example | |
| ======================= | |
| Demonstrates how to post form data and process a JSON response using | |
| JavaScript. This allows making requests without navigating away from the | |
| page. Demonstrates using |XMLHttpRequest|_, |fetch|_, and | |
| |jQuery.ajax|_. See the `Flask docs`_ about jQuery and Ajax. | |
| .. |XMLHttpRequest| replace:: ``XMLHttpRequest`` | |
| .. _XMLHttpRequest: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/XMLHttpRequest | |
| .. |fetch| replace:: ``fetch`` | |
| .. _fetch: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowOrWorkerGlobalScope/fetch | |
| .. |jQuery.ajax| replace:: ``jQuery.ajax`` | |
| .. _jQuery.ajax: https://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/ | |
| .. _Flask docs: https://flask.palletsprojects.com/patterns/jquery/ | |
| Install | |
| ------- | |
| :: | |
| $ python3 -m venv venv | |
| $ . venv/bin/activate | |
| $ pip install -e . | |
| Run | |
| --- | |
| :: | |
| $ export FLASK_APP=js_example | |
| $ flask run | |
| Open http://127.0.0.1:5000 in a browser. | |
| Test | |
| ---- | |
| :: | |
| $ pip install -e '.[test]' | |
| $ coverage run -m pytest | |
| $ coverage report | |