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Python

Posted by yahyaalshwaily2
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yahyaalshwaily2
Python Development Techdegree Graduate 20,049 Points

Does url_for('save') refers to the route or the view/function?

The answer will be appreciated, thank you!

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there, Yahya Alshwaily! It refers to the name of the function defined in the app. For example:

@app.route('/')
def index():
    return 'index'

The route is '/' but the function is named index inside that route, so you would need to do url_for('index'). If we had done:

@app.route('/')
def whatever():
    return 'index'

Then we'd use url_for('whatever').

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

yahyaalshwaily2
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yahyaalshwaily2
Python Development Techdegree Graduate 20,049 Points

That answers my question, thank you Jennifer Nordell !