Below is a SubmitTextInput4 widget, which sends the text data input to an AllowStore responder, which inserts the data received into the skicall.call_data dictionary.

The SubmitTextInput4 widget has been given the name 'setcalldata', and the field containing the sent data has name 'input_text'. Press Submit to send the text, which should then appear in the call_data dictionary.

Your input:

All these test pages have a ShowCallData widget set in a section, which can be seen below. Submitting text with the form above illustrates the input field appearing in the skicall.call_data dictionary, and hence is available to your Python functions.

This table lists the Responders called to produce this page:

skiwidgets,6002SubmitDataSets up title and widget description
skiwidgets,6004This pagedebug_tools.ShowCallData template

This is a ShowCallData widget, which displays the contents of the skicall.call_data dictionary.

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Below is the Python file which populates this page.

import os

from skipole import FailPage, GoTo, ValidateError, ServerError, ServeFile, PageData, SectionData


def index(skicall):
    "Called by a SubmitData responder, and sets up the page"

    # the title and widget decription is in section 'header' which contains a
    # HeadText widget with name 'title' and a TextBlockPara widget with name 'widgetdesc'
    # It also has a ButtonLink2 widget with name 'tomodule'
    headersection = SectionData('header')
    headersection['title', 'large_text'] = 'ShowCallData'
    # A textblock contains the widget description
    ref = "widgets.debug_tools.ShowCallData"
    headersection['widgetdesc','textblock_ref'] = ref
    headersection['widgetdesc','text_refnotfound'] = f'Textblock reference {ref} not found'
    # link to this widgets module page
    headersection['tomodule','button_text'] = "Module: debug_tools"
    headersection['tomodule','link_ident'] = skicall.makepath('debug_tools')
    skicall.update(headersection)

    # this code file contents is placed in section 'codefile' which contains a
    # PreText widget with name 'pretext'
    codesection = SectionData('codefile')
    code = os.path.realpath(__file__)
    with open(code) as f:
        codesection['pretext', 'pre_text'] = f.read()
    skicall.update(codesection)


def respond(skicall):
    """Responds to submission from the SubmitTextInput4 widget form.
       Called by an AllowStore responder with general_json page as its
       target so the result widget is updated via a JSON responce,
       and dynamically updates the page."""

    if ('setcalldata', 'input_text') not in skicall.call_data:
        raise FailPage(message="No submission received")

    value = skicall.call_data['setcalldata', 'input_text']
    pd = PageData()
    pd['result','para_text'] = f"Received: {value}"
    skicall.update(pd)