I need to call a javascript function say_hello which exists in static folder and pass Hello as a message to be displayed as an alert. Here's what I do:
app.py
from flask import Flask, render_template
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route('/')
def hello():
return render_template('index.html', data={'message': 'Hello'})
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run()
This works:
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<script>
const message = {{data.message|tojson|safe}}
alert(message);
</script>
</body>
</html>
This doesn't work:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="/js/hello.js">
const message = {{data.message|tojson|safe}}
say_hello(message);
</script>
</body>
</html>
hello.js
function say_hello(message){
alert(message)
}
The JS console doesn't show any issues, and the message is not displayed, just a blank page.
When a <script> tag has a src, its contents are ignored. One or the other.
<script src="/js/hello.js">
</script>
<script>
const message = {{data.message|tojson|safe}}
say_hello(message);
</script>