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Python Build a Social Network with Flask Broadcasting Lunch Order Form

Brian Douglas
Brian Douglas
822 Points

Flask Social Network, unspecific error, unsure what the issue is. need help :(

Unsure why this is failing.

All ideas welcome

@app.route('/order', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def order_lunch():
    form = forms.LunchOrderForm()
    if form.validate_on_submit():
        models.LunchOrder.create(user=g.user._get_current_object(),
                           order=form.order.data.strip())
        return redirect(url_for('index'))
    return render_template('lunch.html', form=form)
forms.py
from flask_wtf import Form
from wtforms import StringField, PasswordField, TextAreaField, DateField
from wtforms.validators import DataRequired, Email, Length


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

class LunchOrderForm(Form):
    order = TextAreaField(validators=[DataRequired()])
    date = DateField(validators=[DataRequired()])
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(UserMixin, 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)
        )


class LunchOrder(Model):
    order = TextField()
    date = DateField()
    user = ForeignKeyField(User, related_name="orders")

def initialize():
    DATABASE.connect()
    DATABASE.create_tables([User], safe=True)
    DATABASE.close()
lunch.py
from flask import Flask, g, render_template, flash, redirect, url_for
from flask.ext.bcrypt import check_password_hash
from flask.ext.login import LoginManager, login_user, current_user, login_required, logout_user

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.login_view = 'login'


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


@app.after_request
def after_request(response):
    g.db.close()
    return response


@app.route('/register', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def register():
    form = forms.SignUpInForm()
    if form.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.route('/login', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def login():
    form = forms.SignUpInForm()
    if form.validate_on_submit():
        try:
            user = models.User.get(
                models.User.email == form.email.data
            )
            if check_password_hash(user.password, form.password.data):
                login_user(user)
                flash("You're now logged in!")
            else:
                flash("No user with that email/password combo")
        except models.DoesNotExist:
              flash("No user with that email/password combo")
    return render_template('register.html', form=form)

@app.route('/secret')
@login_required
def secret():
    return "I should only be visible to logged-in users"

@app.route('/logout')
def logout():
    logout_user()
    return redirect(url_for('login'))


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


@app.route('/order', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def order_lunch():
    form = forms.LunchOrderForm()
    if form.validate_on_submit():
        models.LunchOrder.create(user=g.user._get_current_object(),
                           order=form.order.data.strip())
        return redirect(url_for('index'))
    return render_template('lunch.html', form=form)

I've got the same problem

1 Answer

Soooooo I got frustrated and went to the next video and challenge and looked in the code in the next challenge and there it was

@app.route('/order', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def order_lunch():
    form = forms.LunchOrderForm()
    if form.validate_on_submit():
        models.LunchOrder.create(
            user=g.user._get_current_object(),
            date=form.date.data,
            order=form.order.data.strip()
        )
    return render_template('lunch.html', form=form)

The instructions never really mentioned set the date to the date, but I guess maybe it was obvious, well not to me

Brian Douglas
Brian Douglas
822 Points

Yea, the challenges for this course have been quite difficult. Not as clear as usual.

Would be ok if the error was more informative.

Thanks.