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Python Build a Social Network with Flask Broadcasting Add current_user Check

Posted by Ethan Chae
Ethan Chae
18,747 Points

Add current_user Check, Build a Social Network with Flask

I don't think I understood how to create menus with links to these pages. Can anyone explain me what is the issue with this code?

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Lunch</title>
</head>
<body>

<nav>
  {% if current_user.is_authenticated %}
  <a href="{{ url_for('logout') }}" class="icon-power" title="Log out"></a>
  {% else %}
  <a href="{{ url_for('login) }}" class="icon-power" title="Sign In"></a>
  <a href="{{ url_for('register') }}" class="icon-power" title="Sign Up"></a>
  {% endif %}

<!-- Add menu here -->
</nav>

<div class="messages">
{% with messages = get_flashed_messages() %}
{% for message in messages %}
<div>{{ message }}</div>
{% endfor %}
{% endwith %}
</div>

{% block content %}{% endblock %}
</body>
</html>

3 Answers

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 Points
Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 84,738 Points

The words "Sign Out", "Sign In", "Sign Up" should go in between the opening and closing anchor tags. These are the words that will appear on the screen and will be linked to the view. You were also missing a closing quote marking for 'login'. 

<nav>
  {% if current_user.is_authenticated %}
  <a href="{{ url_for('logout') }}" class="icon-power">Sign Out</a>
  {% else %}
  <a href="{{ url_for('login') }}" class="icon-power">Sign In</a>
  <a href="{{ url_for('register') }}" class="icon-power">Sign Up</a>
  {% endif %}
</nav>
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

Brendan, you are on fire! Keep up the good work!

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

You are very close. Two typos and syntax issue:

  {% if current_user.is_authenticated() %}  {# <-- add missing parens #}
  <a href="{{ url_for('logout') }}" class="icon-power" title="Log out"></a>   {# <-- Change to 'Sign Out' #}
  {% else %}
  <a href="{{ url_for('login') }}" class="icon-power" title="Sign In"></a>   {# <-- add missing quote after login #}
  <a href="{{ url_for('register') }}" class="icon-power" title="Sign Up"></a>
  {% endif %}

Like the formatting here? Surround your code block with ```html+jinja and ```

Ethan Chae
Ethan Chae
18,747 Points
Ethan Chae
Ethan Chae
18,747 Points

Guys, both of you were really helpful! Thank you so much. I was stuck on this bit for a while. Couldn't really move on :)