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Python Flask Basics Welcome to Flask View Args Through URL

Posted by Andrew Stokes
Andrew Stokes
9,090 Points

having trouble understanding where I went wrong here. Concerning using the correct arguments in the route or function

I'm having trouble understanding where I went wrong here. Concerning using the correct arguments in the route or function? A little help would be greatly appreciated.

flask_app.py 
from flask import Flask
from flask import request

app = Flask(__name__)


@app.route('/')
def hello():
     return 'Hello Student'
@app.route('/<name>',)
def index(name=''):
    name = request.args.gets('name', name)

1 Answer

ursaminor
ursaminor
11,271 Points
ursaminor
ursaminor
11,271 Points

Hey Andrew, A couple of things. 1) Your index() doesn't return anything. What should it return? 2) The method is get(), not gets(). But you don't need to get 'name' from request since you've added a route that passes in <name>. (What is the trailing comma in there for?)