htmlform.py

# automatically generate a htmlform
class HtmlForm():
    fields = [] # list of (fieldname, value, type, description)
    name = ""
    descriptionText = ""
    method="POST"
    submittext=""
    buttonType=""

    def __init__(self, formname, submittext="Spara", method="POST", descriptionText="", buttonType="btn-primary"):
        self.fields = []
        self.name = formname
        self.method=method
        self.submittext = submittext
        self.descriptionText = descriptionText
        self.buttonType=buttonType

    def AddField(self, name, value, description, type="text", required=True):
        self.fields.append((name, value, description, type, required))

    def __str__(self):
        s = ""
        if self.descriptionText != "":
            s += '<p>' + self.descriptionText.replace('\n', '<br/>') + '</p>'
        s += '<form role="form" name="' + self.name + '" method="' + self.method + '" action="./">'
        for field in self.fields:
            s += '<div class="form-group">'
            s += '<label for="' + field[0] + '">' + field[2] + '</label>'
            s += '<input type="' + field[3] + '" class="form-control" size="50"'
            if field[4]:
                s += ' required=""'
            s += ' name="' + field[0] + '" id="' + field[0] + '" value="' + str(field[1]) + '"/>'
            s += '</div>'
        s += '<div class="btn-toolbar">'
        s += '<button type="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-lg ' + self.buttonType +'">' + self.submittext + '</button>'
        s += '</div>'
        s += '</form>'
        return s