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.

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