title: How to Take Checkboxes in Python
body: <p>I am trying to use checkboxes in my HTML, return these checkboxes to my python backend, and then increment three counters if the box is clicked.</p>
  
  <p>Right now my HTML is as follows and works fine:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;form method="post"&gt;
      &lt;input type="checkbox inline" name="adjective" value="entertaining"&gt;Entertaining
      &lt;input type="checkbox inline" name="adjective" value="informative"&gt;Informative
      &lt;input type="checkbox inline" name="adjective" value="exceptional"&gt;Exceptional
  &lt;/form&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and then on my python backend I have the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>def post(self):
      adjective = self.request.get('adjective ')
  
      if adjective :
          #somehow tell if the entertaining box was checked
          #increment entertaining counter
          #do the same for the others
  </code></pre>