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Python Flask with SQLAlchemy Basics Creating a Basic Website with Flask Forms

jmac pd
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Posted by jmac pd
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Flask Basics - Forms - KeyError: 'name'

for anyone wondering why they are getting a 'wekzeug.exceptions.badrequestkeyerror' in the demonstration, the teach uses the print function to call the form['name'] inside the add_pet() function.

this is done when the page is already loaded, and there is a form['name'] to access. If you reload your page, you will get an error.

This was likely done as a demonstration on how you could access the data, not anything you would do in the real world.

You will need to comment out the print to load the page again

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Megan Amendola
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Great clarification! You're exactly right! It's a great way to play around and see what's happening but you wouldn't want those print statements in there with a live website.