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Python A Social Network with Flask Takin' Names Form View

Callum Anderson
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Callum Anderson
Data Analysis Techdegree Student 10,200 Points

"Didn't get 200" error. Flask Social Network

Bit confused and not passing. I had a look at other forums where I corrected and experimented where needed but nothing seems to agree with the passer. Any help is appreciated and task should be linked top right of post.

Many thanks, Callum

lunch.py
from flask import Flask, g, render_template, flash
from flask.ext.login import LoginManager

import forms
import models

app = Flask(__name__)
app.secret_key = 'this is our super secret key. do not share it with anyone!'
login_manager = LoginManager()
login_manager.init_app(app)


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

@app.route('/register', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def register():
    form = forms.SignUpForm()
    if forms.validate_on_submit():
        models.User.new(
            email=form.email.data,
            password=form.password.data)
        flash("Thanks for registering!")
    return render_template('register.html', form=form)



@app.before_request
def before_request():
    g.db = models.DATABASE
    g.db.connect()


@app.after_request
def after_request(response):
    g.db.close()
    return response
models.py
import datetime

from flask.ext.bcrypt import generate_password_hash
from flask.ext.login import UserMixin
from peewee import *

DATABASE = SqliteDatabase(':memory:')


class User(Model):
    email = CharField(unique=True)
    password = CharField(max_length=100)
    join_date = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
    bio = CharField(default='')

    class Meta:
        database = DATABASE

    @classmethod
    def new(cls, email, password):
        cls.create(
            email=email,
            password=generate_password_hash(password)
        )


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


class SignUpForm(Form):
    email = StringField(validators=[DataRequired(), Email()])
    password = PasswordField(validators=[DataRequired(), Length(min=8)])

1 Answer

Megan Amendola
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It took me a bit to find it because it was a small typo. (In lunch.py) Instead of if forms.validate_on_submit(): you should have if form.validate_on_submit(): - IE form instead of forms.