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Python Build a Social Network with Flask Making Strong Users Bcryptkeeper

Posted by Oratile Mongoboti
Oratile Mongoboti
10,016 Points

help out!

Bummer: Returned False for a correct password or True for an incorrect one

utils.py 
from flask.ext.bcrypt import generate_password_hash

from flask.ext.bcrypt import check_password_hash

def set_password(User,string1):
    User.password = generate_password_hash('string1')
    return User
def validate_password(User,string1):
      if check_password_hash(User.password, 'string1') == True:
        return True
      else:
        return False

1 Answer

Ludovic Dumas
Ludovic Dumas
12,245 Points
Ludovic Dumas
Ludovic Dumas
12,245 Points

You are close, the problem is your functions doesn't use the argument provided, because you write string1 with quotation mark.