Question

i am trying to do something like

     try:
       q = db.GqlQuery("SELECT * FROM people WHERE location = :loc", loc = location).fetch(1)
       self.render('experimentform.html', q = q)
    except:
        render('experimentform.html')
        location = self.request.get('location')

to allow users to query the datastore using a drop down menu.

it works up to rendering experimentform, but after location has been submitted i get a 405 error, method post is not allowed.

thanks for any help.

Answer 1

you are submitting your form as a POST but you don’t (by the sound of it) have a POST hander configured.

so where you have

class MainPage(webapp2.RequestHandler):
    def get(self):
        do something with a get request

you need this as well:

 class MainPage(webapp2.RequestHandler):
        def post(self):
            *do something with a post request*

Or you could reconfigure your form to use GET instead of POST and leave your current code alone:

<form name="input" action="website_action" method="get">