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

Alexander Mamlygo
Alexander Mamlygo
15,604 Points

login View challenge help

I am trying do do challenge 2 of 3 which says that I should create an instance of the SignUp Form in forms and then render the register.html template I don't understand what is wrong with my code, please help

lunch.py
from flask import Flask, g, render_template
from flask.ext.login import LoginManager

import forms
import models

app = Flask(__name__)
app.secret_key = 'this is our super secret key. do not share it with anyone!'
login_manager = LoginManager()
login_manager.init_app(app)


@login_manager.user_loader
def load_user(userid):
    try:
        return models.User.select().where(
            models.User.id == int(userid)
        ).get()
    except models.DoesNotExist:
        return None


@app.before_request
def before_request():
    g.db = models.DATABASE
    g.db.connect()


@app.after_request
def after_request(response):
    g.db.close()
    return response

@app.route('/register', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def register():
    return 'register'
    form = forms.SignUpForm()
    return render_template('register.html', form=form)
models.py
import datetime

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

DATABASE = SqliteDatabase(':memory:')


class User(Model):
    email = CharField(unique=True)
    password = CharField(max_length=100)
    join_date = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
    bio = CharField(default='')

    class Meta:
        database = DATABASE

    @classmethod
    def new(cls, email, password):
        cls.create(
            email=email,
            password=generate_password_hash(password)
        )


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


class SignUpForm(Form):
    email = StringField(validators=[DataRequired(), Email()])
    password = PasswordField(validators=[DataRequired(), Length(min=8)])
Jon Hockley
Jon Hockley
3,781 Points

I too, have exactly the same code and it is not passing. I have removed the original return 'register' line but it is still failing the challenge? render_template is being imported as instructed.

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

Jon, see comment on Answer below. If you are still having issues, perhaps post a new question on the forum. (tag me if you wish).

1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

I'm not very familiar with Flask, but in your register method you have two return statements. Get rid of the one from task one, return 'register', and you should be able to pass task two.

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

The OP code will pass Tasks 2 if the extraneous line return 'register' is removed:

@app.route('/register', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def register():
    # return 'register'  # <-- answer from task 1 commented out
    form = forms.SignUpForm()
    return render_template('register.html', form=form)
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

And for Task 3, be sure to use models.User.new() instead of models.User.create_user().