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Python Build a Social Network with Flask Broadcasting Post Form and View

Arnaldo Acosta
Arnaldo Acosta
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Posted by Arnaldo Acosta
Arnaldo Acosta
15,870 Points

return redirect(url_for('index')) return render_template('post.html', form=form)

I'm actually a bit confused as to why we are doing: return redirect(url_for('index')) return render_template('post.html', form=form)

I mean back in Flask Basics I assumed we were using the url_for('index') because we actually had an index.html file but that's no the case here. This kinda got me all confused and now I don't even know what these two do either together or separately. I'd appreciate if someone could help me out understanding these concepts.

Thanks very much in advance!

1 Answer

Amber Diehl
Amber Diehl
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Amber Diehl
Amber Diehl
15,402 Points

Hi Arnaldo,

I don't know if you're still looking for an answer to this but thought I would respond.

Regarding the first "return": return redirect(url_for('index'))

For each route we define, we associate a view, e.g.

@app.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST']) def index(): ...

The route '/' is now intrinsically linked to index().

The url_for() is looking up the path for the view called 'index' (in this case the path is '/') and redirecting the user to that path.

Regarding the second "return", we are rendering the template "post.html" template with the form as context to the user.

Hope this helps!