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Python

Iris Avalon
Iris Avalon
14,477 Points
Posted by Iris Avalon
Iris Avalon
14,477 Points

Using render_template in challenge

I can get step one and two of this challenge complete. Oddly, however, I get an error claiming "It looks like task 2 is no longer passing".

All I've done between task 2 and 3 is add {{ name }} inside the h1 tag for the template.

Any ideas why this suddenly stopped working?

flask_app.py 
from flask import Flask
from flask import render_template

app = Flask(__name__)


@app.route('/hello/<name>')
def hello(name="Treehouse"):
    return render_template('hello.html', name=name)
templates/hello.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head><title>Hello!</title></head>
<body>
<h1>{{ name }}</h1>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

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

Yep, that was me being dumb on some validation. You should be able to pass it now with the code that you have.

EDIT: In the spirit of transparency, on step 2, to make sure you were rendering the template, I was looking for "Howdy". If you replace "Howdy" in step 3 with {{ name }}, which I don't tell you not to and you should be able to, step 2 wouldn't pass. I've taken out the check for "Howdy" and I'm checking for something else instead.