flask

app.py

class Survey(flask_db.Model):
    name = CharField()
    department = TextField()
    year = TextField()
    tags = TextField()
    timestamp = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now, index=True)

    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
        ret = super(Survey, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
        return ret

    @classmethod
    def public(cls):
        return Survey.select()

@app.route('/survey/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def survey():
    return add_survey_entry(Survey(name='', department=''), 'survey.html')

def recommend(tag_list):
    # Entry is another model I am querying from
    # query = Entry.public().where((Entry.tags.contains('Future')) | (Entry.tags.contains('transport')))
    query = Entry.public().where(Entry.tags.contains('Future'))
    return object_list(
        'list.html',
        query,
        check_bounds=False)

def add_survey_entry(survey, template):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        survey.name = request.form.get('name') or ''
        survey.department = request.form.get('department') or ''
        survey.year = request.form.get('year') or ''
        temp = request.form.getlist('tags_input')
        temp2=[]
        for x in temp:
            temp2.append(x.split('_', 1)[-1])
        survey.tags = ', '.join(temp2) or ''
        if not (survey.name):
            flash('Name required.', 'danger')
        else:
            # Wrap the call to save in a transaction so we can roll it back
            # cleanly in the event of an integrity error.
            try:
                with database.atomic():
                    survey.save()
            except IntegrityError:
                flash('Error: this name is already in use.', 'danger')
            else:
                flash('survey saved successfully.', 'success')
                return recommend(survey.tags)

    return render_template(template)