Rookie question here: I’m trying to get the python in my form to call a javascript function that gets the user’s IP and then returns it back to the python code of the form. I can only get the first half of this to work. Meaning I successfully call my javascript function “loadIP” from the python sho…

here is a simple app that returns a value from a javascript function with no problems https://anvil.works/build#clone:ZCC3CMWDKWOLUHJX=BK7VOUJUN6GYPAV5BJ56JPAR def form_show(self, **event_args): foo = self.call_js('checkJsReturns') print(foo) # bar <script> function checkJsReturns() { retur…

Return javascript variable back to Form

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campopianoa August 5, 2020, 11:51pm 2

Yep, returning data from JS back to Python is certainly possible.

Please read these docs:

In particular, anvil.call() calls back to Python.