python: server is not receiving input from client flask

Mon Jun 28 12:42:00 EDT 2021

I am new at python but newer at flask, and I'm trying to deploy a web app where I:
1. Send the user the question
2. Get the answer from the user
3. Send additional information based on the answer
I am able to send the question but stuck at getting the answer from the user. Base on the answer from the user the server returns a specific answer from a list of dict.
Here's my html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
 <title>THE QUIZ</title>
</head>
<body>
 <h1>QUIZ GAME</h1>
 <p>
 Welcome
 </p>
 <h2>Would you like to play</h2>
 <form action="/" method="POST">
 Enter your answer: <input type="text" name="answers">
 <input type="submit" value="submit">
 </form>
</body>
</html>
Here's my python code:
@app.route("/", methods = ['POST', 'GET']) 
def play():
 qa = questions.qa #list of dict with questions
 user1, user2 = [], [] #containers for each player's answers
 if request.method == 'POST':
 answers = request.form.get('answers')
 random.shuffle(questions.qa)
 response = quiz(qa, user1)
 return response 
def quiz(qa, user):
 for rand_q in qa:

 i = rand_q['question']
 i2 = check_answer(i, user)

 #print(rand_q["question"])
 return i2
@app.route("/", methods = ['POST', 'GET'])
def check_answer(ans, user):
 if request.method == 'POST':
 answers = request.form.get('answers')
 if 'yes' in answers:
 user.append('yes')
 i3 = ans.get(answers, '')#if the client answers "yes" to the question this part iterates over the part corresponds to yes in the list of dict
 return i3 #this should send 2nd part of question/rand_q
Can anyone help me see what I'm doing wrong, and how do I pass the 2nd answer from my list of dict to the client. Thanks!