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Python A Social Network with Flask Making Strong Users Bcryptkeeper

Posted by Hanwen Zhang
Hanwen Zhang
20,084 Points

Now create a function named set_password that takes a user and a password that is a string. Hash the password, set the u

Now create a function named set_password that takes a user and a password that is a string. Hash the password, set the user.password attribute to the hashed password, and return the user.

password_hashing.py 
#Import both generate_password_hash and check_password_hash from Flask-Bcrypt.
#Now create a function named set_password that takes a user and a password that is a string. Hash the password, set the user.password attribute to the hashed password, and return the user.

from flask.ext.bcrypt import check_password_hash, generate_password_hash

def set_password(user, password):
    user.password = generate_password_hash('string')
    return user

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 67,982 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 67,982 Points

Hey Hanwen Zhang, the hashed string should be the password passed in, not the literal ’string’

Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!

Hanwen Zhang
Hanwen Zhang
20,084 Points

It works now, thank you

toby lacson
toby lacson
12,361 Points
toby lacson
toby lacson
12,361 Points

i don't quite understand, i need some help