How to get data from &#039;ImmutableMultiDict&#039; in flask - Coding

In this article, we will see how to get data from ImmutableMultiDict in the flask. It is a type of Dictionary in which a single key can have different values. It is used because some elements have multiple values for the same key and it saves the multiple values of a key in form of a list. It is usually used to get the Information passed in a Form.

Example:

Python3

from werkzeug.datastructures import ImmutableMultiDict 
  
data = ImmutableMultiDict([('input', 'GFG'), ('input', 'Geeks For Geeks')]) 
print(data.getlist('input'))

Output:

['GFG', 'Geeks For Geeks']

Now, Let’s see how to get MultiDict data from the form in Flask. With some simple HTML code to make a form and submit it to a flask route.
After that, the request form object will be used to get the data from the form.

Folder Hierarchy

home.html

Make Sure this file is in the ‘templates’ folder

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
    <title>Input Page</title> 
</head> 
<body> 
    <form method='POST'> 
        <label for="username">Write Username:</label> 
        <input type="text" name="username" id="uname"/> 
        <label for="password">Write Password:</label> 
          <input type="text" name="password" id="pword"/> 
        <input type="submit" value="Submit"/> 
    </form> 
</body> 
</html>

Now create an app.py

Here, The home function is being used as the handler for the route, It simply renders the home.html file and when a POST at the URL. It simply returns the ‘im_dict’. It is nothing but actually, an ImmutableMultiDict which has all the data contained in the form.

Python3

from flask import Flask, render_template, request 
  
app = Flask(__name__) 
  
@app.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST']) 
def home(): 
    if request.method == 'POST': 
        im_dict = request.form 
        return(f'<h1>{im_dict}</h1>') 
    return render_template('home.html') 
  
  
if __name__ == '__main__': 
    app.run(debug=True) 

Output:

Write anything in the fields and press submit

This shows an ImmutableMultiDict with the keys ‘username’ and ‘password’.

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