I'm now using ajax to send a request to the server (flask). However, I want to use the object created in the home method but It seems that I can't directly access the object without the use of global variable. Problem: @app.route('/ajax_request',methods = ['POST', 'GET']) def ajax_request(): #I want to use the object that initializes in "home" method @app.route('/home',methods = ['POST', 'GET']) def home(): user = request.form["name"] #object created based on "user" variable obtained from the URL routing request obj = Class(user) return render_template("home.html") Using global variable: global_obj = None @app.route('/ajax_request',methods = ['POST', 'GET']) def ajax_request(): print(global_obj) #use global_obj to do something @app.route('/home',methods = ['POST', 'GET']) def home(): user = request.form["name"] global global_obj global_obj = Class(user) return render_template("home.html" I have read many posts and articles mentioned that using global variables is a bad programming practice. Hence, is there any alternatives can be used in a situation like this? Continue reading...
