Update the value of the dropdown filter based on the first filter's entry
I'm developing a Flask application that filters the values of a Mysql database table and based on the selected value of the first dropdown, it will update the value of the second dropdown. Finally return some data
Now the code is working but there seems to be a bug in the code such that when I make a new selection from the first dropdown it populates the second dropdown with the value of the first dropdown as well as the expected value The value of the second drop-down list
It shouldn't be doing this, I want it to only populate the second dropdown with the expected value, not add the first dropdown's value along with it.
This is my flask application code:
from flask import jsonify, request
from flask import Flask, render_template
import mysql.connector
app = Flask(__name__)
# Configure MySQL connection
cnx = mysql.connector.connect(
host="xxxxxxx",
user="xxxxxxxxx",
password="xxxxxxxxx",
database="xxxxxxxxxx")
@app.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def index():
try:
cursor = cnx.cursor()
query = "SELECT topic FROM text_table"
cursor.execute(query)
data = [row[0] for row in cursor.fetchall()] # Get the first column of all rows
cursor.nextset() # consume any unread result
cursor.close()
if request.method == 'POST':
selected_topic = request.form.get('selected_topic') # Get the selected topic from the form
if selected_topic:
cursor = cnx.cursor()
query = "SELECT sub_topic FROM text_table WHERE topic = %s"
cursor.execute(query, (selected_topic,))
sub_topics = [row[0] for row in cursor.fetchall()] # Get the sub topics for the selected topic
cursor.nextset()
selected_sub_topic = request.form.get('selected_sub_topic') # Get the selected sub topic from the form
if selected_sub_topic:
query = "SELECT text FROM text_table WHERE topic = %s AND sub_topic = %s"
cursor.execute(query, (selected_topic, selected_sub_topic))
result = cursor.fetchone()[0] # Get the value of the text for the selected sub topic
cursor.nextset()
cursor.close()
return render_template('index.html', topics=data, selected_topic=selected_topic, sub_topics=sub_topics, selected_sub_topic=selected_sub_topic, result=result)
cursor.close()
return render_template('index.html', topics=data, selected_topic=selected_topic, sub_topics=sub_topics)
return render_template('index.html', topics=data)
except Exception as e:
# Return an error message if there's an exception
return jsonify(error=str(e)), 500
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run()
This is my html code with a little JavaScript
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Drop Down Filter</title>
<script>
function updateSubTopics() {
var selectTopic = document.getElementById("selected_topic");
var selectSubTopic = document.getElementById("selected_sub_topic");
var selectedTopicValue = selectTopic.value;
// Send a POST request to update the sub topic options
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('POST', '/');
xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
xhr.onload = function() {
if (xhr.status === 200) {
// Update the sub topic options
selectSubTopic.innerHTML = xhr.responseText;
// Check if the currently selected sub topic is valid for the new selected topic
var subTopicOptions = selectSubTopic.options;
var foundSelectedSubTopic = false;
for (var i = 0; i < subTopicOptions.length; i++) {
if (subTopicOptions[i].value === selectSubTopic.value) {
foundSelectedSubTopic = true;
break;
}
}
if (!foundSelectedSubTopic) {
selectSubTopic.value = "";
}
}
else {
console.log('Request failed. Returned status of ' + xhr.status);
}
};
xhr.send('selected_topic=' + selectedTopicValue);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form method="POST">
<select name="selected_topic" id="selected_topic" onchange="updateSubTopics()">
{% for topic in topics %}
<option value="{{ topic }}"
{% if selected_topic == topic %}selected{% endif %}>
{{ topic }}
</option>
{% endfor %}
</select>
<select name="selected_sub_topic" id="selected_sub_topic">
{% for sub_topic in sub_topics %}
<option value="{{ sub_topic }}"
{% if selected_sub_topic == sub_topic %}selected{% endif %}>
{{ sub_topic }}
</option>
{% endfor %}
</select>
<input type="submit" value="Filter">
</form>
{% if result %}
<h1>{{ result }}</h1>
{% endif %}
</body>
</html>
Thank you, any help would be greatly appreciated
