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Python Build a Social Network with Flask Tacocat Challenge Tacocat!

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I have the following errors to rectify:

  1. Log a valid User in
  2. Validate menu for authenticated users
  3. Log an authenticated user out
  4. Create a taco and redirect to the home page

What do I do?

tacocat.py
from flask import Flask, g, render_template, flash, redirect, url_for
from flask_login import (LoginManager, login_user, logout_user, 
                         login_required, current_user)
from flask_bcrypt import check_password_hash

import models
import forms

DEBUG = True
PORT = 8000
HOST = '0.0.0.0'

app = Flask(__name__)
app.secret_key = 'let this be the secret key'

login_manager = LoginManager()
login_manager.init_app(app)
login_manager.login_view = 'login'


@login_manager.user_loader
def load_user(userid):
  try:
    return models.User.get(models.User.id == userid)
  except models.DoesNotExist:
    return None


@app.before_request
def before_request():
  """Connect to database before each request"""
  g.db = models.DATABASE
  g.db.connect()
  g.user=current_user


@app.after_request
def after_request(response):
  """Disconnect from database after each request"""
  g.db.close
  return response

@app.route('/register', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def register():
  form = forms.RegisterForm()
  if form.validate_on_submit():
    flash('Registered successfully', 'success')
    models.User.create_user(
      email= form.email.data, 
      password=form.password.data
    )
    return redirect(url_for('index'))
  return render_template('register.html', form=form)


@app.route('/login', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def login():
  form = forms.LoginForm()
  if form.validate_on_submit():
    try:
      user = models.User.get(models.User.email == form.email.data)
    except models.DoesNotExist:
      flash("Your email or password don't match", "error")
  else:
      if check_password_hash(user.password, form.password.data):
        login_user(user)
        flash('Logged in successfully', 'success')
        return redirect(url_for('index'))
      else:
        flash("Your email or password doesn't match", "error")
  return render_template('login.html', form=form)


@app.route('/logout')
@login_required
def logout():
  logout_user()
  flash('Logged out successfully', 'success')
  return redirect(url_for('index'))

@app.route('/taco', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
@login_required
def taco():
  form = forms.TacoForm()
  if form.validate_on_submit():
    models.Taco.create(user=g.user._get_current_object(),
                       protein=form.protein.data, 
                       shell=form.shell.data, 
                       cheese=form.shell.data, 
                       extras=form.extras.data.strip()
                      )
    flash('Taco has been added', 'success')
    return redirect(url_for('index'))
  return render_template('taco.html', form=form)


@app.route('/')
def index(): 
  tacos = models.Taco.select().limit(10)
  return render_template('index.html', tacos=tacos)


if __name__ == '__main__':
  models.initialize()
  try:
    with models.DATABASE.transaction():
      models.User.create_user(
        email='moyongqaa@gmail.com', 
        password='password'
      )
  except ValueError:
    pass

  app.run(debug=DEBUG, host=HOST, port=PORT)
models.py
import datetime
from flask_login import UserMixin
from flask_bcrypt import generate_password_hash

from peewee import *

DATABASE = SqliteDatabase('taco.db')

class User(UserMixin, Model):
    email = CharField(unique=True)
    password = CharField(max_length=100)  

    class Meta:
        database = DATABASE

    def get_tacos(self):
        return Taco.select().where(Taco.user == self)

    def get_stream(self):
        return Taco.select().where(
          (Taco.user == self)
        )

    @classmethod  
    def create_user(cls, email, password):
        try:
            cls.create(
              email=email,
              password=generate_password_hash(password)
            )
        except IntegrityError:
          raise ValueError('User already exists') 

class Taco(Model):
    protein = CharField()
    shell = CharField()
    cheese = BooleanField(default=True)
    extras = TextField()
    user = ForeignKeyField(rel_model=User, related_name='tacos')

    class Meta:
        database = DATABASE

    @classmethod
    def create_taco(cls, protein, shell, cheese, extras, user):
        with DATABASE.transaction():
            cls.create(
                protein=protein,
                shell=shell,
                cheese=cheese,
                extras=extras,
                user=user)


def initialize():
    DATABASE.connect()
    DATABASE.create_tables([User, Taco], safe=True)
    DATABASE.close()
forms.py
from flask_wtf import Form
from wtforms import StringField, PasswordField, BooleanField, TextAreaField
from wtforms.validators import DataRequired, Length, EqualTo, ValidationError, Email
from models import User

def email_exists(form, field):
  if User.select().where(User.email == field.data).exists():
    raise ValidationError('User with that email already exists')

class RegisterForm(Form):  
  email = StringField('Email', validators=[DataRequired(), Email(), email_exists])
  password = PasswordField('Password', validators=[DataRequired(), Length(min=8), EqualTo('password2', message='Passwords must match')])  
  password2 = PasswordField('Confirm Password', validators=[DataRequired()])  

class LoginForm(Form):
  email = StringField('Email', validators=[DataRequired(), Email()])
  password = PasswordField('Password', validators=[DataRequired()])  

class TacoForm(Form):
  protein = StringField('Protein', validators=[DataRequired()])
  shell = StringField('Shell', validators=[DataRequired()])
  cheese = BooleanField('Cheese')
  extras = TextAreaField('Any extras?')
templates/layout.html
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Tacocat</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/normalize.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/skeleton.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/tacocat.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    {% with messages=get_flashed_messages() %}
      {% if messages %}
          <div class="messages">
            {% for message in messages %}
              <div class="notification">
                {{ message }}
              </div>
            {% endfor %}
          </div>
      {% endif %}
    {% endwith %}

    <div class="container">
      <div class="row">
        <div class="u-full-width">
          <nav class="menu">
            {% if current_user.is_authenticated() %}
              <a href="{{ url_for('logout') }}" title="Log out">Log Out</a>
              <a href="{{ url_for('taco') }}" title="Create taco">Create Taco</a>
            {% else %}
              <a href="{{ url_for('login') }}" title="Log in">Log In</a>
              <a href="{{ url_for('register') }}" title="Sign up">Sign Up</a>
            {% endif %}
          </nav>
          {% block content %}{% endblock %}
        </div>
      </div>
      <footer>
        <p>An MVP web app made with Flask on <a href="http://teamtreehouse.com">Treehouse</a>.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>
templates/index.html
{% extends 'layout.html' %}

{% block content %}
<h2>Tacos</h2>
    {% if tacos.count() %}
        <table class="u-full-width">
          <thead>
            <tr>
              <th>Protein</th>
              <th>Cheese?</th>
              <th>Shell</th>
              <th>Extras</th>
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
        {% for taco in tacos %}
            <tr>
              {{taco.shell}}
              {{taco.protein}}
              {{taco.cheese}}
              {{taco.extras}}
            </tr>
        {% endfor %}
          </tbody>
        </table>
    {% else %}
        <p>No tacos yet</p>
    {% endif %}
{% endblock %}

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,428 Points

Sorry, no easy answers here. The answers are covered in the videos:

  • Log a valid User in

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-social-network-with-flask/takin-names/login-view-2

  • Validate menu for authenticated users

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-social-network-with-flask/broadcasting/add-some-layout

  • Log an authenticated user out

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-social-network-with-flask/takin-names/logout-view-2

  • Create a taco and redirect to the home page

Follow all of the steps laid out in this video: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-social-network-with-flask/tacocat-challenge/the-challenge

  • Run the provided tests!

Finally, run python app_tests.py repeatedly until all of the tests pass. They are very helpful in showing explicitly what the challenge checker is looking for and they provide additional hints on where functionality needs expanding. When solving this challenge the first time, I used the "test driven development (TDD)" approach of simply running the tests and resolving the failing tests.

Post back if you need specific help an approach you've tried. Please include the code you have tried and the errors you are seeing. Good luck!!