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Python Django Forms Forms Create a Validator

Sameer Zahid
Sameer Zahid
5,967 Points
Posted by Sameer Zahid
Sameer Zahid
5,967 Points

Stuck at Create a Validator Challenge

Hello,

I'm stuck at the challenge of creating a custom Validator and don't understand why my code isn't getting accepted. So far I've tried this:

def not_treehouse(email):
    email = email.lower()
    if '@teamtreehouse.com' in email:
        raise ValidationError("Email address is from a coworker")

And this:

def not_treehouse(email):
    email = email.lower()
    if email.endswith('@teamtreehouse.com' ):
        raise ValidationError("Email address is from a coworker")

But when I submit I always get this error:

Bummer! Make sure the validator does not allow @teamtreehouse.com email addresses, regardless of capitalization.; Make sure the validator does not allow @teamtreehouse.com email addresses.

Please let me know what's wrong.

Thanks!

1 Answer

Sameer Zahid
Sameer Zahid
5,967 Points
Sameer Zahid
Sameer Zahid
5,967 Points

Sorry, silly mistake! Forgot use forms.ValidationError instead of just ValidationError. That fixed it.