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  • "Trigger an event on the server side which would create the desired output." Huh? How is that different than the first option? Commented Feb 24 at 13:42
  • Sorry let me make it more precise. Commented Feb 24 at 13:43
  • "Trigger a function on the server side from the Python app. For example, have a function in PHP on the server that would create the desired output and which would be called from the app." --- ok, I'm a little confused. I thought you were building a website, but you talk about Python and PHP, and one calls the other... Can you clarify what this all means? PHP also runs on the server. Commented Feb 24 at 15:18
  • @Greg Burghardt Apologies, still learning the ropes of asking clear questions. Here's the control flow of everything: 1. User submits a form on website 2. Using PHP, this query is sent to my Flask App 3. The Flask App processes the query and sends a response back to the server 4. [??] This is the part where I'm asking for help. I could return HTML code from the App, which would then be displayed on the website. Alternatively , I could have some additional functions on the server that would generate HTML to be displayed on the website. The App would trigger this function. Commented Feb 24 at 15:31
  • Please edit your question to include clarifications in your post. This is crucial information, but it gets lost too easily in comments. Commented Feb 24 at 15:32