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Alexander Mamlygo
15,604 Pointslogin View challenge help
I am trying do do challenge 2 of 3 which says that I should create an instance of the SignUp Form in forms and then render the register.html template I don't understand what is wrong with my code, please help
from flask import Flask, g, render_template
from flask.ext.login import LoginManager
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.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()
@app.after_request
def after_request(response):
g.db.close()
return response
@app.route('/register', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def register():
return 'register'
form = forms.SignUpForm()
return render_template('register.html', form=form)
import datetime
from flask.ext.bcrypt import generate_password_hash
from flask.ext.login import UserMixin
from peewee import *
DATABASE = SqliteDatabase(':memory:')
class User(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)
)
def initialize():
DATABASE.connect()
DATABASE.create_tables([User], safe=True)
DATABASE.close()
from flask_wtf import Form
from wtforms import StringField, PasswordField
from wtforms.validators import DataRequired, Email, Length
class SignUpForm(Form):
email = StringField(validators=[DataRequired(), Email()])
password = PasswordField(validators=[DataRequired(), Length(min=8)])

Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,082 PointsJon, see comment on Answer below. If you are still having issues, perhaps post a new question on the forum. (tag me if you wish).
1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
23,732 PointsI'm not very familiar with Flask, but in your register method you have two return statements. Get rid of the one from task one, return 'register', and you should be able to pass task two.

Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,082 PointsThe OP code will pass Tasks 2 if the extraneous line return 'register'
is removed:
@app.route('/register', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def register():
# return 'register' # <-- answer from task 1 commented out
form = forms.SignUpForm()
return render_template('register.html', form=form)

Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,082 PointsAnd for Task 3, be sure to use models.User.new()
instead of models.User.create_user()
.
Jon Hockley
3,781 PointsJon Hockley
3,781 PointsI too, have exactly the same code and it is not passing. I have removed the original return 'register' line but it is still failing the challenge? render_template is being imported as instructed.