Hello,
> 1. From what I gather in the docs, it seems FormEncode is directed more
> at form value validation rather than form generation.
That's right. If you want form generation you can try ToscaWidgets.
> 2. In simple / naive usage mode it requires mixing HTML and code, which
That's not the case. Not sure there you get that from.
> 3. I don't mean to be ungrateful towards Ian or smth, but I find
> FormEncode's documentation to be rather limited to tell the truth.
I don't know. I usually read the code. More fun and both I learn more.
OK. Let's focus on form validation. Some samples from my code:
formencode schema:
class LanguageForm(formencode.Schema):
allow_extra_fields = True
filter_extra_fields = True
name = formencode.validators.UnicodeString(not_empty=True)
Schema says that I expect form with input name that is unicode string
and is not empty.
Controller code:
@jsonify
@authorize(is_authorized)
@validate(LanguageForm())
def language_create(self, project):
p =
model.meta.Session.query(model.Project).filter_by(name=project).first()
l = model.Language()
l.project = p
l.name = self.form_result['name']
model.meta.Session.save(l)
What you wanted is simpler access to form parameters. Here you have
them: self.form_result['name']
BTW, I think request.params['name'] and request.POST['name'] (if it is
POST request) will work as well. But with form validation you can get
correct type in place.
> Should I just write the HTML forms in templates manually or what?
That's one way to do your work :-) As for beginning it is good way. If
you don't like this way use ToscaWidgets (ToscaWidgets uses FormEncode
for validation). I'm not sure but I think you can write some routines
with Mako that could help to generate forms. You will have both
flexibility and simplicity. That's only my speculation now but I will
investigate this approach when I will have time. ToscaWidgets are nice
and works for me but when I want to add something unusual I have to
make hacks and other voodoo magic.
--
Dalius
http://blog.sandbox.lt
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