python flask: append to form if request.method == 'POST'

Question

I have a html form and on post, I can pass the form into mongodb

if request.method == 'POST': 
        new_employee.insert_one(request.form.to_dict())

This works... But how would you append additional string when form is post

for example

if request.method == 'POST': 
        employee_username = (request.form['employee_first_name'] + '.' + request.form['employee_last_name'])

        new_employee.insert_one(request.form.to_dict())

How would you append for example 'employee_username' : employee_username

Answer 1

Try this below :

if request.method == 'POST': 

        post_data = request.form.to_dict()
        employee_username = (request.form['employee_first_name'] + '.' + request.form['employee_last_name'])
        post_data['employee_username'] = employee_username
        new_employee.insert_one(post_data)