half way setting up the app.py for downloading file from url

app.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ app.config['BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD'] = 'tentacles'
 
 basic_auth = BasicAuth(app)
 
-app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'] = UPLOAD_FOLDER
+app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'] = "static/pdf"
 
 
 @app.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
@@ -28,23 +28,37 @@ app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'] = UPLOAD_FOLDER
 def run_script():
     # the code below was made in case I was using a button upload but now I use the field input so this has to be uploaded and then transformed
     if request.method == 'POST':
+       # download PDF from url
+       file = request.form['file']
+       if file:
+          uploadfilepath=os.path.join(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], file)
+          file.save(uploadfilepath)
+          return redirect(url_for('uploaded_file',file=file))
+       # url = request.form['url']
+        #if not url:
+         #   flash('Url is required!')
+       # else:
+        #    messages.append({'url': url})
+         #   return redirect(url_for('index'))
+       
         # check if the post request has the file part
-        if 'file' not in request.files:
+        #if 'file' not in request.files:
-            flash('No file part')
+         #   flash('No file part')
-            return redirect(request.url)
+          #  return redirect(request.url)
-        file = request.files['file']
+        #file = request.files['file']
         # if user does not select file, browser also
         # submit an empty part without filename
-        if file.filename == '':
+        #if file.filename == '':
-            flash('No selected file')
+         #   flash('No selected file')
-            return redirect(request.url)
+          #  return redirect(request.url)
-        if file and allowed_file(file.filename):
+        #if file and allowed_file(file.filename):
-            filename = secure_filename(file.filename)
+         #   filename = secure_filename(file.filename)
-            uploadfilepath=os.path.join(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename)
+          #  uploadfilepath=os.path.join(app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename)
-            file.save(uploadfilepath)
+           # file.save(uploadfilepath)
             # return redirect(url_for('uploaded_file',
             #                         filename=filename))
 
+        
           hocr_result = pdftotree.parse(uploadfilepath)
           app.logger.info("test")
           hocr = HocrTransform(hocr_filename=hocr_result, dpi=300)
@@ -55,7 +69,7 @@ def run_script():
             interword_spaces=False,
           )
 
-    hocrfile='static/hocr/gynaikoktonia.hocr'
+    #hocrfile='static/hocr/gynaikoktonia.hocr'
     #hocr = HocrTransform(hocr_filename=hocrfile, dpi=300)
     #hocr = HocrTransform(hocr_filename=hocr_result, dpi=300)
     #hocr.to_pdf(

templates/results.html

@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 {% block content %}
 
 <!-- <iframe src="https://pad.vvvvvvaria.org/wordmord.test" height="800" width="800"></iframe> -->
-
+<form method="post">
 <table>
   <tr>
     <td colspan="3">
       <!-- <input type="text" id="my_field" value="" wrap="soft"> -->
-     <textarea name="text" id="my_field" wrap="soft" placeholder="Επικόλληση του συνδέσμου του PDF του Ποινικού Κώδικα που βρήκατε στο ηλεκτρονικό ταχυδρομείο σας ή στο ΔΙΑΒΑΣΕΜΕ.txt, εδώ.
+     <textarea name="file"  id="my_field" wrap="soft" placeholder="Επικόλληση του συνδέσμου του PDF του Ποινικού Κώδικα που βρήκατε στο ηλεκτρονικό ταχυδρομείο σας ή στο ΔΙΑΒΑΣΕΜΕ.txt, εδώ.
 "></textarea>
 </td>
 </tr>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <td colspan="3">
 
       <button id="button3" onclick="readme()">ΔΙΑΒΑΣΕΜΕ.txt</button>
-      <button id="button5" onclick="decode()">ΠΡΟΒΟΛΗ ΠΟΙΝΙΚΟΥ ΚΩΔΙΚΑ <img src="{{url_for('static', filename='images/closed.gif')}}"></button>
+      <button id="button5" type="submit" onclick="decode()">ΠΡΟΒΟΛΗ ΠΟΙΝΙΚΟΥ ΚΩΔΙΚΑ <img src="{{url_for('static', filename='images/closed.gif')}}"></button>
       <button id="button2" onclick="copy()"> ΑΝΤΙΓΡΑΦΗ ΚΩΔΙΚΑ</button>
       <button id="button1" onclick="transform()">ΜΕΤΑΛΛΑΓΜΕΝΟΣ ΚΩΔΙΚΑΣ</button>
       <button id="button4" onclick="window.open('{{url_for('static', filename='pdf/ΣΧΕΔΙΟ_ΜΕΤΑΛΛΑΓΜΕΝΟΥ_ΠΟΙΝΙΚΟΥ_ΚΩΔΙΚΑ_01.pdf')}}');">ΚΑΤΕΒΑΣΕ ΜΕΤΑΛΛΑΓΜΕΝΟ ΚΩΔΙΚΑ <img src="{{url_for('static', filename='images/open.gif')}}"> </button>
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 
 </table>
 
+</form>
+
 <script>