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Python Build a Social Network with Flask Tacocat Challenge Tacocat!

Why am I getting a Key Error when I run app_tests.py?

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "app_tests.py", line 6, in <module>
    import tacocat
  File "/Users/Ginny/Desktop/Websites/Flask projects/TacoCat/tacocat.py", line 8, in <module>
    import forms
  File "/Users/Ginny/Desktop/Websites/Flask projects/TacoCat/forms.py", line 6, in <module>
    from models import User
  File "/Users/Ginny/Desktop/Websites/Flask projects/TacoCat/models.py", line 35, in <module>
    class Taco(Model):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/site-packages/peewee.py", line 4072, in __new__
    cls._meta.prepared()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/site-packages/peewee.py", line 3911, in prepared
    field = self.fields[item.lstrip('-')]
KeyError: ''
tacocat.py
import datetime

from flask.ext.bcrypt import generate_password_hash
from flask.ext.login import UserMixin

from peewee import *


DATABASE = SqliteDatabase('tacocat.db')


class User(UserMixin, Model):
    """A taco cat customer"""
    username = CharField(unique=True)
    email = CharField(unique=True)
    password = CharField(max_length=100)
    is_admin = BooleanField(default=False)

    class Meta:
        database = DATABASE

    @classmethod
    def create_user(cls, username, email, password, admin=False):
        try:
            with DATABASE.transaction():
                cls.create(
                    username=username,
                    email=email,
                    password=generate_password_hash(password),
                    is_admin=admin)
        except IntegrityError:
            raise ValueError("User already exists")


class Taco(Model):
    """Taco creation by the customer"""
    timestamp = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
    user = ForeignKeyField(
        rel_model=User,
        related_name='tacos'
    )
    protein = CharField(max_length=100)
    cheese = BooleanField()
    shell = CharField(max_length=100)
    extras = TextField()

    class Meta:
        database = DATABASE
        order_by = ('-timestamp')


def initialize():
    DATABASE.connect()
    DATABASE.create_tables([User, Taco], safe=True)
    DATABASE.close()
models.py
import datetime

from flask.ext.bcrypt import generate_password_hash
from flask.ext.login import UserMixin

from peewee import *


DATABASE = SqliteDatabase('tacocat.db')


class User(UserMixin, Model):
    """A taco cat customer"""
    username = CharField(unique=True)
    email = CharField(unique=True)
    password = CharField(max_length=100)
    is_admin = BooleanField(default=False)

    class Meta:
        database = DATABASE

    @classmethod
    def create_user(cls, username, email, password, admin=False):
        try:
            with DATABASE.transaction():
                cls.create(
                    username=username,
                    email=email,
                    password=generate_password_hash(password),
                    is_admin=admin)
        except IntegrityError:
            raise ValueError("User already exists")


class Taco(Model):
    """Taco creation by the customer"""
    timestamp = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
    user = ForeignKeyField(
        rel_model=User,
        related_name='tacos'
    )
    protein = CharField(max_length=100)
    cheese = BooleanField()
    shell = CharField(max_length=100)
    extras = TextField()

    class Meta:
        database = DATABASE
        order_by = ('-timestamp')


def initialize():
    DATABASE.connect()
    DATABASE.create_tables([User, Taco], safe=True)
    DATABASE.close()
forms.py
from flask_wtf import Form
from wtforms import StringField, PasswordField, TextAreaField, BooleanField
from wtforms.validators import (DataRequired, Regexp, ValidationError, Email,
                                Length, EqualTo)

from models import User

def name_exists(form, field):
    """Register fails because it is a username that already exists in the database"""
    if User.select().where(User.username == field.data).exists():
        raise ValidationError('User with that name already exists.')


def email_exists(form, field):
    """Register fails because it is an email that already exists in the database"""
    if User.select().where(User.email == field.data).exists():
        raise ValidationError('User with that email already exists.')


class RegisterForm(Form):
    """Creates a form to register a new user"""
    username = StringField(
        'Username',
        validators=[
            DataRequired(),
            Regexp(
                r'^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$',
                message=("Username should be one word, letters, "
                         "numbers, and underscores only.")
            ),
            name_exists
        ])
    email = StringField(
        'Email',
        validators=[
            DataRequired(),
            Email(),
            email_exists
        ])
    password = PasswordField(
        'Password',
        validators=[
            DataRequired(),
            Length(min=2),
            EqualTo('password2', message='Passwords must match')
        ])
    password2 = PasswordField(
        'ConfirmPassword',
        validators=[DataRequired()]
    )


class LoginForm(Form):
    """Creates a form to log a user in"""
    email = StringField('Email', validators=[DataRequired(), Email()])
    password = PasswordField('Password', validators=[DataRequired()])


class TacoForm(Form):
    """Creates a form to order a taco"""
    protein = StringField("Meat? Chicken? Pork? Veggie?", validator=[DataRequired()])
    cheese = BooleanField("Cheese", default=True)
    shell = StringField("Corn? Wheat? Crispy? Soft?", validator=[DataRequired()])
    extras = TextAreaField("Anything else?", validator=[DataRequired()])
templates/layout.html
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Tacocat</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/normalize.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/skeleton.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/tacocat.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    {% with messages=get_flashed_messages() %}
    {% if messages %}
        <div class="messages">
          {% for message in messages %}
          <div class="message">
            {{ message }}
          </div>
          {% endfor %}
        </div>
    {% endif %}
    {% endwith %}

    <div class="container">
      <div class="row">
        <div class="u-full-width">
          <nav class="menu">
          <!-- menu goes here -->
            <a href="{{ url_for('register') }}">Sign Up</a>
            <a href="{{ url_for('login') }}">Sign In</a>
            {% if current_user.is_authenticated() %}
            <a href="{{ url_for('create_taco') }}">Create a Tacop</a>
            <a href="{{ url_for('logout') }}">Sign Out</a>
            {% endif %}
          </nav>
          {% block content %}{% endblock %}
        </div>
      </div>
      <footer>
        <p>An MVP web app made with Flask on <a href="http://teamtreehouse.com">Treehouse</a>.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>
templates/index.html
{% extends 'layout.html' %}

{% block content %}
<h2>Tacos</h2>
    {% if tacos.count() %}
        <table class="u-full-width">
          <thead>
            <tr>
              <th>Protein</th>
              <th>Cheese?</th>
              <th>Shell</th>
              <th>Extras</th>
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
        {% for taco in tacos %}
            <tr>
              <!-- taco attributes here -->
              <td>{{ taco.protein }}</td>
              <td>{{ taco.cheese }}</td>
              <td>{{ taco.shell }}</td>
              <td>{{ taco.extras }}</td>
            </tr>
        {% endfor %}
          </tbody>
        </table>
    {% else %}
        <!-- message for missing tacos -->
        <h5>No tacos yet!</h5>
    {% endif %}
{% endblock %}

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1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

I looks like the order_by is incorrect. Try ordering:

class Taco(Model):
    """Taco creation by the customer"""
    timestamp = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
    user = ForeignKeyField(
        rel_model=User,
        related_name='tacos'
    )
    protein = CharField(max_length=100)
    cheese = BooleanField()
    shell = CharField(max_length=100)
    extras = TextField()

    class Meta:
        database = DATABASE
        # Not correct (unless using Django)
        # ordering = ('-timestamp') #<-- changed to "ordering"
        # corrected answer
        order_by = ('-timestamp',) #<-- Adding a comma make a tuple

[Edit: updated answer for peewee (not Django). Doh!]

Hi Chris,

Thanks so much for your help -- changing "order_by" to "ordering" did get rid of my KeyError.

Quick Question though: in the workspaces for our Social Media App, the wording for this code was "order_by" -- why the change here?

class Post(Model):
    """Posts created by the User"""
    timestamp = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
    user = ForeignKeyField(
        rel_model=User,
        related_name='posts'
    )
    content = TextField()

    class Meta:
        database = DATABASE
        order_by = ('-timestamp',)
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

Right! The actual solution is closer to your original code: Add a comma to make it a tuple! Without the comma it's just a string and order_by expects a list or a tuple. So try:

    class Meta:
        database = DATABASE
        order_by = ('-timestamp',) #<-- Adding a comma make a tuple

I've changed my answer above to reflect this change. My previous answer using ordering was based on Django, not peewee. Oops!

RIGHT! I now remember Kenneth making a big deal out of the tuple in the video. Doh!

Ordering worked in the short term, though, and got me past that error so that I could at least run the tests and pass the challenge, so thank you again for that.