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Python Build a Social Network with Flask Takin' Names Logout View

Posted by Madhavi Chakra
Madhavi Chakra
111 Points

Imports

Do you have to import anything besides flask?

1 Answer

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

While you may get by by only importing flask, such as:

import flask

You will then have to reference every module by the full path to its functions such as:

    flask.ext.login.login_user(user)

It's better to selectively import only the functionality your need:

from flask.ext.login import (LoginManager, login_user, logout_user,
                             login_required, current_user)

    # log in user using function
    login_user(user)