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Python

Posted by MUZ140136 Elvis Harrison
MUZ140136 Elvis Harrison
8,701 Points

Request Variables

Import request from Flask. Then update the index view to return "Hello {name}", replacing {name} with a name argument in the query string.

please i am stuck. this is my code

from flask import Flask

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/')
def index(name="Treehouse"):
    name = request.args.get('name',name)
    return "Hello from {}".format(name)

1 Answer

Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

You forgot to import request from flask. Also, your response should be "Hello {name}", not "Hello from {name}".