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Terrell Stewart
Courses Plus Student 4,228 PointsReceiving True for a value that's False or False for a value that's True
The title is self explanatory, but as I look at the code I gave no idea why, maybe the values are not matching up? Can a more experienced eye help me out on this thank you.
from flask.ext.bcrypt import generate_password_hash,check_password_hash
def set_password(User,password):
User.password = generate_password_hash('Google')
return User
def validate_password(User,password):
if check_password_hash(User.password,'Google'):
return False
else:
return False
from flask.ext.bcrypt import generate_password_hash,check_password_hash
def set_password(User,password):
User.password = generate_password_hash('Google')
return User
def validate_password(User,password):
if check_password_hash(User.password,'Google'):
return False
else:
return False
1 Answer
Andrew Winkler
37,739 PointsSo check_password_hash() is supposed to return true if the 'User' and 'a_string' matches what's in the hash database, but right now you have things poorly labeled, plus the validate password function is returning False when it should be True. This is an easy fix:
from flask.ext.bcrypt import generate_password_hash,check_password_hash
# relabeled 'password' and 'Google' to more accurate or 'a_string'
def set_password(User, a_string):
User.password = generate_password_hash(a_string)
return User
def validate_password(User, a_string):
if check_password_hash(User.password,a_string):
# return False -- incorrect
return True
else:
return False
Terrell Stewart
Courses Plus Student 4,228 PointsTerrell Stewart
Courses Plus Student 4,228 PointsI thought I changed that before I posted it sorry about that