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Python Flask Basics Templates and Static Files Simple Template

Daniel Smith
Daniel Smith
10,172 Points
Posted by Daniel Smith
Daniel Smith
10,172 Points

Im not sure why this is incorrect

I'm supposed to put the name variable in the h1 tag form. I used the double curly braces like the previous video showed but it won't work

flask_app.py 
from flask import Flask
from flask import render_template

app = Flask(__name__)


@app.route('/hello/<name>')
def hello(name="Treehouse"):
    name = name
    return render_template('hello.html')
templates/hello.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head><title>Hello!</title></head>
<body>
<h1>Howdy {{name}}!</h1>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
216,768 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
216,768 Points

The HTML change is OK. But the rest of the instructions said to "Pass the name argument to the template."

Putting "name=name" on a line by itself doesn't do anything, but putting it as the 2nd argument to render_template would be a way to pass the name to the template.