How can I pass Javascript variable data to Template Toolkit?

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I am writing a form that takes zip code input. Javascript code determines city & state based on zip code. I would like the city and state to appear on a 'results' page that is displayed when the user completes the form. I can only get Template Toolkit to display the form input params on the result page. Is there a way to get the city and state to appear?

You'll need to pass the data via a URL string, local storage, or some other server-side mechanism. Without knowing anything about your site, there's not much more to say. — isherwood
– isherwood, Commented Jan 2, 2014 at 14:54

RET · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-03 04:36:11Z

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As @isherwood notes, without more detail it's hard to say.

But I would suspect you might want to have whatever does your Javascript city/state decoding push their results into some hidden or uneditable form fields, so they make the round-trip to your server and are available for the next round of TT rendering.

answered Jan 3, 2014 at 4:36

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BackPacker777 Over a year ago

This is EXACTLY what I wound up doing. I used type='hidden', changed all of the .innerHTML to .value, and passed the info to TT2. It works great.

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