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Nils Garland
18,416 PointsHelp please...
It might just be e not paying attention but I just don't understand the question. I even tryed def set_password() but yeaah...
from flask.ext.bcrypt import generate_password_hash
from flask.ext.bcrypt import check_password_hash
1 Answer
![Kourosh Raeen](https://uploads.teamtreehouse.com/production/profile-photos/3971082/micro_TreehouseProfilePic.jpg)
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 PointsYou need to define the set_password method, which takes a user and a password as the parameters. Then in the function pass the password to the generate_password_hash() method and assign the result to user.password. Finally, return the user:
from flask.ext.bcrypt import generate_password_hash
from flask.ext.bcrypt import check_password_hash
def set_password(user, password):
user.password = generate_password_hash(password)
return user
Nils Garland
18,416 PointsNils Garland
18,416 PointsThanks a lot mate, I appr it.