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Munyaradzi D Sabamba
8,310 PointsNow I need you to update the create_user method so that it sets the User instance's password using the User.hash_passwor
Now I need you to update the create_user method so that it sets the User instance's password using the User.hash_password method you just created
import datetime
from itsdangerous import (TimedJSONWebSignatureSerializer as Serializer,
BadSignature, SignatureExpired)
from peewee import *
DATABASE = SqliteDatabase('courses.sqlite')
HASHER = PasswordHasher()
class User(Model):
username = CharField(unique=True)
email = CharField(unique=True)
password = CharField()
@classmethod
def create_user(cls, username, password):
try:
cls.get(cls.username**username)
except cls.DoesNotExist:
user = cls(username=username)
user.password = cls.hash_password(password) #Here the class instance is calling the static method we just made
user.save()
return user
else:
raise Exception("User already exists")
@staticmethod
def hash_password(password): #function takes in user password and hashes it
return HASHER.hash(password)
class Recipe(Model):
name = CharField()
created_at = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
class Meta:
database = DATABASE
class Ingredient(Model):
name = CharField()
description = CharField()
quantity = DecimalField()
measurement_type = CharField()
recipe = ForeignKeyField(Recipe)
class Meta:
database = DATABASE
def initialize():
DATABASE.connect()
DATABASE.create_tables([User, Recipe, Ingredient], safe=True)
DATABASE.close()