Flask Python Buttons

Give your two buttons the same name and different values:

<input type="submit" name="submit_button" value="Do Something">
<input type="submit" name="submit_button" value="Do Something Else">

Then in your Flask view function you can tell which button was used to submit the form:

def contact():
    if request.method == 'POST':
        if request.form['submit_button'] == 'Do Something':
            pass # do something
        elif request.form['submit_button'] == 'Do Something Else':
            pass # do something else
        else:
            pass # unknown
    elif request.method == 'GET':
        return render_template('contact.html', form=form)

The appropriate way for doing this:

@app.route('/')
def index():
    if form.validate_on_submit():
        if 'download' in request.form:
            pass # do something
        elif 'watch' in request.form:
            pass # do something else

Put watch and download buttons into your template:

<input type="submit" name="download" value="Download">
<input type="submit" name="watch" value="Watch">