jQuery Editable Select is a jQuery plugin that transforms a select into an input field where single elements are shown in real-time according to the entered characters. It scales down to a real select list when javascript is not available.
https://github.com/indrimuska/jquery-editable-select
See demos here: http://indrimuska.github.io/jquery-editable-select/
install psycopg2 https://pypi.org/project/psycopg2/
Psycopg is the most popular PostgreSQL database adapter for the Python programming language.
(venv) PS C:\flaskmyproject> pip install psycopg2
CREATE TABLE countries (
id serial PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR ( 60 ) NOT NULL
);
INSERT INTO
countries(id,name)
VALUES
(1, 'Afghanistan'),
(2, 'Aringland Islands'),
(3, 'Albania'),
(4, 'Algeria'),
(5, 'American Samoa'),
(6, 'Andorra'),
(7, 'Angola'),
(8, 'Anguilla'),
(9, 'Antarctica'),
(10, 'Antigua and Barbuda'),
(11, 'Argentina'),
(12, 'Armenia'),
(13, 'Aruba'),
(14, 'Australia'),
(15, 'Austria'),
(16, 'Azerbaijan'),
(17, 'Bahamas'),
(18, 'Bahrain'),
(19, 'Bangladesh'),
(20, 'Barbados'),
(21, 'Belarus'),
(22, 'Belgium'),
(23, 'Belize'),
(24, 'Benin'),
(25, 'Bermuda'),
(26, 'Bhutan'),
(27, 'Bolivia'),
(28, 'Bosnia and Herzegovina'),
(29, 'Botswana'),
(30, 'Bouvet Island'),
(31, 'Brazil'),
(32, 'British Indian Ocean territory'),
(33, 'Brunei Darussalam'),
(34, 'Bulgaria'),
(35, 'Burkina Faso'),
(36, 'Burundi'),
(37, 'Cambodia'),
(38, 'Cameroon'),
(39, 'Canada'),
(40, 'Cape Verde'),
(41, 'Cayman Islands'),
(42, 'Central African Republic'),
(43, 'Chad'),
(44, 'Chile'),
(45, 'China'),
(46, 'Christmas Island'),
(47, 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands'),
(48, 'Colombia'),
(49, 'Comoros'),
(50, 'Congo'),
(51, 'Congo'),
(52, ' Democratic Republic'),
(53, 'Cook Islands'),
(54, 'Costa Rica'),
(55, 'Ivory Coast (Ivory Coast)'),
(56, 'Croatia (Hrvatska)'),
(57, 'Cuba'),
(58, 'Cyprus'),
(59, 'Czech Republic'),
(60, 'Denmark'),
(61, 'Djibouti'),
(62, 'Dominica'),
(63, 'Dominican Republic'),
(64, 'East Timor'),
(65, 'Ecuador'),
(66, 'Egypt'),
(67, 'El Salvador'),
(68, 'Equatorial Guinea'),
(69, 'Eritrea'),
(70, 'Estonia'),
(71, 'Ethiopia'),
(72, 'Falkland Islands'),
(73, 'Faroe Islands'),
(74, 'Fiji'),
(75, 'Finland'),
(76, 'France'),
(77, 'French Guiana'),
(78, 'French Polynesia'),
(79, 'French Southern Territories'),
(80, 'Gabon'),
(81, 'Gambia'),
(82, 'Georgia'),
(83, 'Germany'),
(84, 'Ghana'),
(85, 'Gibraltar'),
(86, 'Greece'),
(87, 'Greenland'),
(88, 'Grenada'),
(89, 'Guadeloupe'),
(90, 'Guam'),
(91, 'Guatemala'),
(92, 'Guinea'),
(93, 'Guinea-Bissau'),
(94, 'Guyana'),
(95, 'Haiti'),
(96, 'Heard and McDonald Islands'),
(97, 'Honduras'),
(98, 'Hong Kong'),
(99, 'Hungary'),
(100, 'Iceland'),
(101, 'India'),
(102, 'Indonesia'),
(103, 'Iran'),
(104, 'Iraq'),
(105, 'Ireland'),
(106, 'Israel'),
(107, 'Italy'),
(108, 'Jamaica'),
(109, 'Japan'),
(110, 'Jordan'),
(111, 'Kazakhstan'),
(112, 'Kenya'),
(113, 'Kiribati'),
(114, 'Korea (north)'),
(115, 'Korea (south)'),
(116, 'Kuwait'),
(117, 'Kyrgyzstan'),
(118, 'Lao People\'s Democratic Republic'),
(119, 'Latvia'),
(120, 'Lebanon'),
(121, 'Lesotho'),
(122, 'Liberia'),
(123, 'Libyan Arab Jamahiriya'),
(124, 'Liechtenstein'),
(125, 'Lithuania'),
(126, 'Luxembourg'),
(127, 'Macao'),
(128, 'Macedonia'),
(129, 'Madagascar'),
(130, 'Malawi'),
(131, 'Malaysia'),
(132, 'Maldives'),
(133, 'Mali'),
(134, 'Malta'),
(135, 'Marshall Islands'),
(136, 'Martinique'),
(137, 'Mauritania'),
(138, 'Mauritius'),
(139, 'Mayotte'),
(140, 'Mexico'),
(141, 'Micronesia'),
(142, 'Moldova'),
(143, 'Monaco'),
(144, 'Mongolia'),
(145, 'Montserrat'),
(146, 'Morocco'),
(147, 'Mozambique'),
(148, 'Myanmar'),
(149, 'Namibia'),
(150, 'Nauru'),
(151, 'Nepal'),
(152, 'Netherlands'),
(153, 'Netherlands Antilles'),
(154, 'New Caledonia'),
(155, 'New Zealand'),
(156, 'Nicaragua'),
(157, 'Niger'),
(158, 'Nigeria'),
(159, 'Niue'),
(160, 'Norfolk Island'),
(161, 'Northern Mariana Islands'),
(162, 'Norway'),
(163, 'Oman'),
(164, 'Pakistan'),
(165, 'Palau'),
(166, 'Palestinian Territories'),
(167, 'Panama'),
(168, 'Papua New Guinea'),
(169, 'Paraguay'),
(170, 'Peru'),
(171, 'Philippines'),
(172, 'Pitcairn'),
(173, 'Poland'),
(174, 'Portugal'),
(175, 'Puerto Rico'),
(176, 'Qatar'),
(177, 'Runion'),
(178, 'Romania'),
(179, 'Russian Federation'),
(180, 'Rwanda'),
(181, 'Saint Helena'),
(182, 'Saint Kitts and Nevis'),
(183, 'Saint Lucia'),
(184, 'Saint Pierre and Miquelon'),
(185, 'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines'),
(186, 'Samoa'),
(187, 'San Marino'),
(188, 'Sao Tome and Principe'),
(189, 'Saudi Arabia'),
(190, 'Senegal'),
(191, 'Serbia and Montenegro'),
(192, 'Seychelles'),
(193, 'Sierra Leone'),
(194, 'Singapore'),
(195, 'Slovakia'),
(196, 'Slovenia'),
(197, 'Solomon Islands'),
(198, 'Somalia'),
(199, 'South Africa'),
(200, 'South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands'),
(201, 'Spain'),
(202, 'Sri Lanka'),
(203, 'Sudan'),
(204, 'Suriname'),
(205, 'Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands'),
(206, 'Swaziland'),
(207, 'Sweden'),
(208, 'Switzerland'),
(209, 'Syria'),
(210, 'Taiwan'),
(211, 'Tajikistan'),
(212, 'Tanzania'),
(213, 'Thailand'),
(214, 'Togo'),
(215, 'Tokelau'),
(216, 'Tonga'),
(217, 'Trinidad and Tobago'),
(218, 'Tunisia'),
(219, 'Turkey'),
(220, 'Turkmenistan'),
(221, 'Turks and Caicos Islands'),
(222, 'Tuvalu'),
(223, 'Uganda'),
(224, 'Ukraine'),
(225, 'United Arab Emirates'),
(226, 'United Kingdom'),
(227, 'United States of America'),
(228, 'Uruguay'),
(229, 'Uzbekistan'),
(230, 'Vanuatu'),
(231, 'Vatican City'),
(232, 'Venezuela'),
(233, 'Vietnam'),
(234, 'Virgin Islands (British)'),
(235, 'Virgin Islands (US)'),
(236, 'Wallis and Futuna Islands'),
(237, 'Western Sahara'),
(238, 'Yemen'),
(239, 'Zaire'),
(240, 'Zambia'),
(241, 'Zimbabwe');
CREATE TABLE tbl_user (
id serial PRIMARY KEY,
fullname VARCHAR ( 100 ) NOT NULL,
country VARCHAR ( 100 ) NOT NULL
);
#app.py
from flask import Flask, render_template, request, jsonify
import psycopg2 #pip install psycopg2
import psycopg2.extras
app = Flask(__name__)
app.secret_key = "caircocoders-ednalan"
DB_HOST = "localhost"
DB_NAME = "sampledb"
DB_USER = "postgres"
DB_PASS = "admin"
conn = psycopg2.connect(dbname=DB_NAME, user=DB_USER, password=DB_PASS, host=DB_HOST)
@app.route('/')
def index():
cur = conn.cursor(cursor_factory=psycopg2.extras.DictCursor)
cur.execute("SELECT * FROM countries ORDER BY name ASC")
countrylist = cur.fetchall()
return render_template('index.html', countrylist=countrylist)
@app.route("/insert",methods=["POST","GET"])
def insert():
cur = conn.cursor(cursor_factory=psycopg2.extras.DictCursor)
if request.method == 'POST':
fullname = request.form['name']
country = request.form['country']
cur.execute("INSERT INTO tbl_user (fullname, country) VALUES (%s,%s)",[fullname,country])
conn.commit()
cur.close()
return jsonify('New Records added successfully')
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run(debug=True)
templates/index.html
//templates/index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Editable Select Box using Python Flask jQuery Ajax and PostgreSQL Database</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://rawgithub.com/indrimuska/jquery-editable-select/master/dist/jquery-editable-select.min.js"></script>
<link href="http://rawgithub.com/indrimuska/jquery-editable-select/master/dist/jquery-editable-select.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<br />
<h2 align="center">Editable Select Box using Python Flask jQuery Ajax and PostgreSQL Database</h2><br />
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-3"></div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<form method="post" id="sample_form">
<div class="form-group">
<label>Enter Name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" class="form-control">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Select Country</label>
<select name="country" id="country" class="form-control">
{% for row in countrylist %}
<option value="{{row.name}}">{{row.name}}</option>
{% endfor %}
</select>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="submit" name="Save" id="save" class="btn btn-success" value="Save" />
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#country').editableSelect();
$('#sample_form').on('submit', function(event){
event.preventDefault();
if($('#name').val() == '') {
alert("Enter Name");
return false;
}else if($('#country').val() == ''){
alert("Select Country");
return false;
}else{
$.ajax({
url:"/insert",
method:"POST",
data:$(this).serialize(),
success:function(data)
{
alert(data);
$('#sample_form')[0].reset();
}
});
}
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
