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[Python][Tornado] Get all form submitted arguments and convert to dict
class Handler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
def args_to_dict(self):
""" This method converts request arguments to
usable dict
"""
params = self.request.arguments
for k,v in params.items():
params[k] = v[0].decode("utf-8")
return params
def post(self):
# This will return all arguments as dict.
self.request.arguments
# Decode the value of each key to str
# from byte.
self.request.arguments[key][0].decode('utf-8')
# Params as dict.
params_in_hash = self.args_to_dict()
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javadba commented Jan 29, 2020

what version of Tornado? I just installed (2 yrs later) and there is no method args_to_dict() on the RequestHandler

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there is no method args_to_dict() on the RequestHandler

@javadba The method is defined in the user class Handler inherited from RequestHandler

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