theycallmeswift/app.py

## app.py
from flask import Flask, request
app = Flask(__name__, static_folder='static', static_url_path='')

@app.route('/data', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def post_data():
  data = request.data # but data will be empty unless the request has the proper content-type header...
  if not data:
    data = request.form.keys()[0]

  # mongo.db.test1_collection.insert({ city: data })

  print data
  return 'OK'

if __name__ == '__main__':
  app.run(debug=True)

## index.html
<html>
  <head><title>Foo</title></head>
  <body>
    <h1 id="foo">New York</h1>

    <script src="http://codeorigin.jquery.com/jquery-2.0.3.min.js"></script>
    <script>
      $(document).ready(function() {
        $.post("/data", $("#foo").html(), function(data) { console.log(data) })
      });
    </script>
  </body>
</html>
	from flask import Flask, request
	app = Flask(__name__, static_folder='static', static_url_path='')

	@app.route('/data', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
	def post_data():
	data = request.data # but data will be empty unless the request has the proper content-type header...
	if not data:
	data = request.form.keys()[0]

	# mongo.db.test1_collection.insert({ city: data })

	print data
	return 'OK'

	if __name__ == '__main__':
	app.run(debug=True)
	<html>
	<head><title>Foo</title></head>
	<body>
	<h1 id="foo">New York</h1>

	<script src="http://codeorigin.jquery.com/jquery-2.0.3.min.js"></script>
	<script>
	$(document).ready(function() {
	$.post("/data", $("#foo").html(), function(data) { console.log(data) })
	});
	</script>
	</body>
	</html>