HTML forms with java Play Framework 2

Question

am using a form with just one input text and one submit button. I want to forward the text from the input text field to a controller at the backend. perhaps if you take a look at the code snippet it gives a better picture of what I am trying to do. this is from the index.html page ``` @helper.form(action=routes.Application.index()){ } ``` below is a code snippet from the controller ``` public class Application extends Controller { public static Result index() { return ok(index.render(null)); } } ``` the code displays the form as expected but I want to pass the string entered into the input text field to the controller method and then print the text. Like what is presented below. ``` System.out.println(variable); ``` where variable is the the test entered into the text field. Any suggestions will be welcomed.

Accepted Answer

Use `DynamicForm` for that:

```
public static Result index() {
    DynamicForm bindedForm = form().bindFromRequest();
    System.out.println(bindedForm.get("myname"));
    // or...
    Logger.info(bindedForm.get("myname")); 
        // Play's Logger is nicer than System.out.println();
    return ok(index.render(null)); }
}
```

HTML forms with java Play Framework 2

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