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Python Build a Social Network with Flask Broadcasting Lunch Order Form

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
19,652 Points

Lunch order form

I just keep getting bummer try again and I am not sure why.. can you help me find the problem?

forms.py
from flask_wtf import Form
from wtforms import StringField, PasswordField, TextAreaField, DateField  
from wtforms.validators import DataRequired, Email, Length


class SignUpInForm(Form):
    email = StringField(validators=[DataRequired(), Email()])
    password = PasswordField(validators=[DataRequired(), Length(min=8)])


class LunchOrderForm(Form):
    order = TextAreaField(validators=[DataRequired()])
    date = DateField(validators=[DataRequired()])
models.py
import datetime

from flask.ext.bcrypt import generate_password_hash
from flask.ext.login import UserMixin
from peewee import *

DATABASE = SqliteDatabase(':memory:')


class User(UserMixin, 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)
        )


class LunchOrder(Model):
    order = TextField()
    date = DateField()
    user = ForeignKeyField(User, related_name="orders")

def initialize():
    DATABASE.connect()
    DATABASE.create_tables([User], safe=True)
    DATABASE.close()
lunch.py
from flask import Flask, g, render_template, flash, redirect, url_for
from flask.ext.bcrypt import check_password_hash
from flask.ext.login import LoginManager, login_user, current_user, login_required, logout_user

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.login_view = 'login'


@app.route('/order', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def order_lunch():
    form = forms.LunchOrderForm()
    if form.validate_on_submit():
        models.LunchOrder.create(user=g.user._get_current_object(), data=form.content.data.strip())

    return render_template('lunch.html', form=form)


@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()
    g.user = current_user


@app.after_request
def after_request(response):
    g.db.close()
    return response


@app.route('/register', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def register():
    form = forms.SignUpInForm()
    if form.validate_on_submit():
        models.User.new(
            email=form.email.data,
            password=form.password.data
        )
        flash("Thanks for registering!") 
    return render_template('register.html', form=form)


@app.route('/login', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def login():
    form = forms.SignUpInForm()
    if form.validate_on_submit():
        try:
            user = models.User.get(
                models.User.email == form.email.data
            )
            if check_password_hash(user.password, form.password.data):
                login_user(user)
                flash("You're now logged in!")
            else:
                flash("No user with that email/password combo")
        except models.DoesNotExist:
              flash("No user with that email/password combo")
    return render_template('register.html', form=form)

@app.route('/secret')
@login_required
def secret():
    return "I should only be visible to logged-in users"

@app.route('/logout')
def logout():
    logout_user()
    return redirect(url_for('login'))


@app.route('/')
def index():
    return render_template('index.html')

4 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

In your /order route function order_lunch(), no argument is set for the order in models.LunchOrder.create().

Add: order=form.order.data

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
@app.route('/order', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def order_lunch():
    form = forms.LunchOrderForm()
    if form.validate_on_submit():
        models.LunchOrder.create(
            user=g.user._get_current_object(),
            # HERE
            data=form.content.data.strip())

    return render_template('lunch.html', form=form)
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

Checking further, i noticed two other errors: an additional typo in your original code, and a grabbing the wrong data for 'date' from the form.

@app.route('/order', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def order_lunch():
    form = forms.LunchOrderForm()
    if form.validate_on_submit():
        models.LunchOrder.create(
            user=g.user._get_current_object(),
            # Add missing line for 'order' argument
            order=form.order.data,
            # original line:
            # data=form.content.data.strip()
            # correct typo: replace 'data' with 'date'
            # correct form data for 'date'
            date=form.date.data,
            )

    return render_template('lunch.html', form=form)

This code as been tested against the challenge and passes Task 3.

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
19,652 Points

No it doesn't work, I tried it, copied yours in to try it that way but nope Dx

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
19,652 Points

Not passing still.... will just refresh and repeat several times, it works with quizzes and when opening a new workspace

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

By "not passing" are you referring to the associated code challenge?

If I use your original code for form.py it passes Task 1.

If I then use my lasted corrected code above, it passes Tasks 2 and 3. Not sure why you're having different results.

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
19,652 Points

Done it now, repeated 4 times using the same code. This happens every other week in one way or another...