When you build the links, do something like:
{{for suggestion in suggestions:}}
{{=LI(A(suggestion, _href=URL('default', 'resultsDisplay',
vars=dict(userQuery=suggestion))))}}
{{pass}}
That will give you URLs like
/yourapp/default/resultsDisplay?userQuery=suggestion. The suggestion will
then be accessible as request.vars.userQuery in the resultsDisplay function.
Anthony
On Thursday, July 26, 2012 5:52:34 PM UTC-4, adohertyd wrote:
>
> How do I assign the query value to the request.vars? I'm ok with checking
> for it in the function, but how do I pass the request.vars to the function
> first??
>
> On Thursday, 26 July 2012 22:31:54 UTC+1, Anthony wrote:
>>
>> Construct the links so they contain a query string with the new
>> userQuery. In the resultsDisplay function, check for a userQuery in
>> request.vars, and if present, process that value instead of processing
>> session.userQuery.
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>> On Thursday, July 26, 2012 4:21:22 PM UTC-4, adohertyd wrote:
>>>
>>> I posted a related question earlier but given the response I don't think
>>> my question was clear. My index page contains a form and the index()
>>> function assigns the user input in this form to a variable:
>>> session.userQuery
>>>
>>> session.userquery is then processed in resultsDisplay() and sent to a
>>> number of API's. The data returned from these API's is processed and
>>> displayed on resultsDisplay.html. On results.html the user is given
>>> suggestions for an alternative term. This is where my query lies.
>>>
>>> I want the generated suggestions to be clickable links that will restart
>>> the resultsDisplay() function with the clicked term as the new
>>> session.userQuery value. The results generated will then be relative to the
>>> new term. I hope this makes sense. As I've said, it's like when a user
>>> misspells a word in Google and they ask "Did you mean...." and when you
>>> click the suggested term, the suggested term replaces the user's original
>>> input.
>>>
>>> *def index():*
>>>
>>> #assigns user input to session.userQuery
>>>
>>>
>>> *def resultsDisplay():*
>>>
>>> #processes session.userQuery
>>> #sends processed string to number of API's
>>> #processes API returns
>>> #returns data
>>>
>>>
>>> *resultsDisplay.html: *
>>>
>>> Results:
>>> <ul>
>>> <li> results </li>
>>> </ul>
>>>
>>> Suggestions:
>>> <ul>
>>> <li><a href="resultsDisplay.html" onclick=session.userData=
>>> "suggestion"> suggestions</a> </li>
>>> </ul>
>>>
>>>
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