I'm building a website using the Python Flask Framework which includes the Jinja2 templating engine. I now want to pass a simple list of strings from Flask to Jinja2 to be included in a Javascript in the website. Using the tips in this SO answer I tried doing this as follows:
@app.route('/index')
def index():
theList = ['A', 'B']
return render_template('index.html', theList=json.dumps(theList))
and in the template its Javascript I do this:
var theList = {{ theList }};
But when I look into the source of the generate Javascript I see this:
var theList = ["A", "B"];
I also tried theList=map(json.dumps, theList)), which results in the even weirder:
var theList = ['"A"', '"B"'];
Does anybody know how I can properly pass a simple list through Jinja2 on to a Javascript array? All tips are welcome!
