def add_page(): # create an instance of the page interests form form = InterestForm(request.form) message = "" form.refresh() print form.category.choices, 'choices' if form.validate_on_submit(): interest_page = Interests(form.title.data, form.url.data, form.category.data) db.session.add(interest_page) db.session.commit() message = "{} interest page added".format(interest_page) return render_template('add_page.html', form=form, message=message)