Django - POST get options from select

Question

I have a html form that looks like this.

{% url 'myapp:myapp_submit' as submit %}

<form name='main' method="POST" action={{submit}}> 
{% csrf_token %}
<select class='form-control' size=10 id="test" name='test' multiple>
<option>Test</option>
</select>
<input type="submit"/>
</form>

and url.py

from . import views

    app_name = 'myapp'
    urlpatterns = [
        url(r'^$', views.myapp, name='myapp'),
        url(r'results/$', views.myapp_submit, name='myapp_submit')
    ]

and views.py

def myapp_submit(request):
    print request.POST

The only thing I get back is

<QueryDict: {u'csrfmiddlewaretoken'...]}>

How do I get back the options held in the select tag? I would use the model/view form here but I'm doing some very crazy things with JS to constantly update the options available.

UPDATE

I have used:

request.POST.getlist('test')

But it will only return ['Test'] If I highlight it with my mouse. I simply want all the options under the select tag. ex.

<select class='form-control' size=10 id="test" name='test' multiple>
<option>Test1</option>
<option>Test2</option>
<option>Test3</option>
<option>Test4</option>
</select>

and

###Not sure if it's still getlist method
>>request.POST.getlist('test')
['Test','Test2','Test3','Test4']

see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39217259/django-get-unused-all-options-in-a-select-tag where I cleared this up. Sorry for the double post — jwillis0720, Aug 30 '16 at 00:49

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 29 '16 at 13:39

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Try to change your views.py:

def myapp_submit(request):
    request.POST.getlist('test[]')

edited Aug 29 '16 at 13:39

gofr1

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answered Aug 29 '16 at 07:52

SumanKalyan

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This looks right - Let me try it on my actual select lists. Will get back to you – jwillis0720 Aug 29 '16 at 16:33
Hi, this is only returning the elements that are highlighted in the select. I just want all the options in a given select list. – jwillis0720 Aug 29 '16 at 21:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 29 '16 at 07:57

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Because you say you're doing weird things with Js, you can first check the POST request from your browser and what parameters you send with it.

edited Aug 29 '16 at 07:57

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answered Aug 29 '16 at 07:42

Kostas

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its not an answer. you can give a suggestion as a comment not an answer.. – SumanKalyan Aug 29 '16 at 07:44

Django - POST get options from select

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