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David Sampimon
12,026 PointsAttributeError: 'RegisterForm' object has no attribute 'validate_on_submit'
It seems that the 'validate_on_submit' method is no longer available for flask_wtf.Form, if you try to run the downloadable project you get a:
''' File "C:\python_projects\socialapp\app.py", line 42, in register if form.validate_on_submit(): AttributeError: 'RegisterForm' object has no attribute 'validate_on_submit' '''
after a quick stackoverflow search I swapped out the Form with a flask_wtf.FlaskForm, this runs the script, however then validation seems to be working incorrectly.
This is now becoming a recurring theme with teamtreehouse, that I get stuck on a Python courses due to the course material being out-of-date (the same with 'Flask REST API' course: https://teamtreehouse.com/community/jsonwebsignatureserializer-depricated-from-itsdangerous-use-authlib-instead).
Could you please revisit the course material if it at least still works?
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kevin stradtman
10,172 PointsYou could use and import FlaskForm instead of Form. I found this worked for me!
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,716 PointsJeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,716 PointsI understand that it is quite frustrating. I would end up redoing some of the videos too, especially this one! (I wish I could, but I am only a moderator.)
There is a definite "shelf-life" that a video has. This was cutting edge in 2017 or so, but the Flask-WTF major version changed in 2021 and 2022 so it no longer reflects what it was in 2017.
The only way to "play along" with the video is to
pip install flask-wtf==0.14.3but that causes other issues as well. Then there's Flask itself. Flask is a couple of versions newer too! So you are getting a real Flask education!