• Chris Bare (28/28) Nov 10 2021 I know I can do this manually by looking at HTTPServerRequest
• Chris Bare (17/18) Nov 10 2021 I figured out part of it. In the html input element the name has
• Steven Schveighoffer (3/22) Nov 10 2021 Make it a `Nullable!int`

Chris Bare <chris bareflix.com> writes:

I know I can do this manually by looking at HTTPServerRequest 
req, but the documentation for registerWebInterface sounds like 
there's an automatic way to do this.
```
<form id="employeeform" action="employeeform" method="POST">
     <input class="textfield" name="first_name" value="Homer" 
required/>
     <input class="textfield" name="last_name" value="Simpson" 
required/>
</form>
```
```d
struct Employee
{
	long id;
	string first_name;
	 string last_name;
}
```
in my web interface service I tried:
```d
void postEmployeeform (Employee employeeform)
```
but that won't compile. The following compiles and works:
```d
void postEmployeeform (string first_name, string last_name)

```
What am I missing?

Chris Bare <chris bareflix.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 10 November 2021 at 19:23:44 UTC, Chris Bare wrote:
 What am I missing?

I figured out part of it. In the html input element the name has 
to be employeeform.first_name.
but now I get a different error: Error handling field 
'employeeform.id': Missing form field.

I tried declaring the id as  optional, but that did not make a 
difference.
```d
struct Employee
{
	 optional long id;
	string first_name;
	string last_name;
}
```
Is there another way to indicate that a field does not have to be 
in the form?

Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy gmail.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 10 November 2021 at 20:23:07 UTC, Chris Bare wrote:
 On Wednesday, 10 November 2021 at 19:23:44 UTC, Chris Bare 
 wrote:
 What am I missing?

 I figured out part of it. In the html input element the name 
 has to be employeeform.first_name.
 but now I get a different error: Error handling field 
 'employeeform.id': Missing form field.

 I tried declaring the id as  optional, but that did not make a 
 difference.
 ```d
 struct Employee
 {
 	 optional long id;
 	string first_name;
 	string last_name;
 }
 ```
 Is there another way to indicate that a field does not have to 
 be in the form?

Make it a `Nullable!int`

-Steve