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Python Build a Social Network with Flask Takin' Names Macros

Posted by MoatazBellah Ghobashy
MoatazBellah Ghobashy
9,518 Points

The program does not run locally

I get TypeError: argument of type '_RequestGlobals' is not iterable

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/flask/app.py", line 1701, in __call__
    return self.wsgi_app(environ, start_response)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/flask/app.py", line 1689, in wsgi_app
    response = self.make_response(self.handle_exception(e))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/flask/app.py", line 1687, in wsgi_app
    response = self.full_dispatch_request()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/flask/app.py", line 1360, in full_dispatch_request
    rv = self.handle_user_exception(e)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/flask/app.py", line 1358, in full_dispatch_request
    rv = self.dispatch_request()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/flask/app.py", line 1344, in dispatch_request
    return self.view_functions[rule.endpoint](**req.view_args)
  File "/vagrant/Treehouse/social/app.py", line 43, in register
    form = forms.RegisterForm()
  File "/home/vagrant/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/wtforms/form.py", line 212, in __call__
    return type.__call__(cls, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/vagrant/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask_wtf/form.py", line 158, in __init__
    super(Form, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/vagrant/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask_wtf/form.py", line 88, in __init__
    super(FlaskForm, self).__init__(formdata=formdata, **kwargs)
  File "/home/vagrant/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/wtforms/form.py", line 278, in __init__
    self.process(formdata, obj, data=data, **kwargs)
  File "/home/vagrant/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/wtforms/form.py", line 132, in process
    field.process(formdata)
  File "/home/vagrant/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/wtforms/csrf/core.py", line 43, in process
    self.current_token = self.csrf_impl.generate_csrf_token(self)
  File "/home/vagrant/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask_wtf/csrf.py", line 134, in generate_csrf_token
    token_key=self.meta.csrf_field_name
  File "/home/vagrant/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/flask_wtf/csrf.py", line 42, in generate_csrf
    if field_name not in g:
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/werkzeug/local.py", line 365, in <lambda>
    __contains__ = lambda x, i: i in x._get_current_object()
TypeError: argument of type '_RequestGlobals' is not iterable

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1 Answer

adrian miranda
adrian miranda
13,561 Points
adrian miranda
adrian miranda
13,561 Points

You probably want to use a recent python 3, rather than python 2.7.