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Python Build a Social Network with Flask Tacocat Challenge The Challenge

peterbristow
peterbristow
10,403 Points

Not displaying data from db correctly in index.html page

So I created an "Add a Taco form" then I added a Taco. Then when I try to display the Taco in the index page I get the following "(<peewee.CharField object at 0x7fb77a6bb128>,)" instead of the data. We the fraggle is going on?

Please Help me. Here is my code:

modesl.py
import datetime

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


DATABASE = SqliteDatabase('taco.db')


class User(UserMixin, Model):
  email = CharField(unique=True)
  password = CharField(max_length=100)
  joined_at = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)

  class Meta:
    database = DATABASE
    order_by = ('-joined_at', )


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


class Taco(Model):
  timestamp = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
  user = ForeignKeyField(
    rel_model=User,
    related_name='tacos'
  )
  protein = CharField(max_length=100),
  shell = CharField(max_length=100),
  cheese = BooleanField(default=False),
  extras = CharField(max_length=255)

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


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

from models import User


def email_exists(form, field):
  if User.select().where(User.email == field.data).exists():
    raise ValidationError('User with that email already exists')


class RegisterForm(Form):
  email = StringField(
    'Email',
    validators=[
      DataRequired(),
      Email(),
      email_exists
    ]
  )
  password = PasswordField(
    'Password',
    validators=[
      DataRequired(),
      Length(min=8),
      EqualTo('password2', message='Passwords must match')
    ]
  )
  password2 = PasswordField(
    'Confirm Password',
    validators=[DataRequired()]
  )


class LoginForm(Form):
  email = StringField(
    'Email', validators=[DataRequired(), Email()]
  )
  password = PasswordField(
    'password', validators=[DataRequired()]
  )


class TacoForm(Form):
  protein = StringField(
    'Protein',
    validators=[
      DataRequired(),
      Regexp(
        r'^[a-zA-Z]+$',
        message=("That is not a protein, use letters only")
      )
    ]
  )
  shell = StringField(
    'Shell',
    validators=[
      DataRequired(),
      Regexp(
        r'^[a-zA-Z]+$',
        message=("That is not a shell, use letters only")
      )
    ]
  )
  cheese = BooleanField('Cheese')
  extras = StringField('Extras')
tacocat.py
from flask import (Flask, g, render_template, flash,
                   redirect, url_for, abort)
from flask.ext.bcrypt import check_password_hash
from flask.ext.login import (LoginManager, login_user,
                            logout_user, login_required, 
                            current_user)

import forms
import models


DEBUG = True
PORT = 8000
HOST = '0.0.0.0'

app = Flask(__name__)
app.secret_key = 'asdfasdfasf'

login_manager = LoginManager()
login_manager.init_app(app)
login_manager.login_view = 'login'


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


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


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


@app.route('/register', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def register():
  form = forms.RegisterForm()
  if form.validate_on_submit():
    flash('You are now registered!', "success")
    models.User.create_user(
      email=form.email.data,
      password=form.password.data
    )
    return redirect(url_for('index'))
  return render_template('register.html', form=form)


@app.route('/login', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
def login():
  form = forms.LoginForm()
  if form.validate_on_submit():
    try:
      user = models.User.get(models.User.email == form.email.data)
    except models.DoesNotExist:
      flash("Email or password don't match", "error")
    else:
      if check_password_hash(user.password, form.password.data):
        login_user(user)
        return redirect(url_for('index'))
      else:
        flash("Email or password don't match", "error")
  return render_template('login.html', form=form)


@app.route('/logout')
@login_required
def logout():
  logout_user()
  flash("You are now Logged out!", "success")
  return redirect(url_for('index'))


@app.route('/taco', methods=('GET', 'POST'))
@login_required
def taco():
  form = forms.TacoForm()
  if form.validate_on_submit():
    models.Taco.create(
      user=g.user._get_current_object(),
      protein=form.protein.data,
      shell=form.shell.data,
      cheese=form.cheese.data,
      extras=form.extras.data
    )
    flash("Taco created!", "success")
    return redirect(url_for('index'))
  return render_template("taco.html", form=form)


@app.route('/')
def index():
  tacos = models.Taco.select().limit(30)
  return render_template('index.html', tacos=tacos)


if __name__ == '__main__':
  models.initialize()  
  app.run(debug=DEBUG, host=HOST, port=PORT)
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 -->
        <p>No tacos yet</p>
    {% endif %}
{% endblock %}

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

The debug was tricky with this one.

  • No Taco instances were being created in taco.db since the Taco model was not listed in the DATABASE.create_tables line.

Changed to: DATABASE.create_tables([User, Taco], safe=True)

  • Once added to the database not all fields were seen. only: "id", "timestamp", "user_id", "extras", "user_id"
$ sqlite3 taco.db 
SQLite version 3.8.2 2013-12-06 14:53:30
Enter ".help" for instructions
Enter SQL statements terminated with a ";"
sqlite> .dump taco
PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF;
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
CREATE TABLE "taco" ("id" INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, "timestamp" DATETIME NOT NULL, "user_id" INTEGER NOT NULL, "extras" VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, FOREIGN KEY ("user_id") REFERENCES "user" ("id"));
CREATE INDEX "taco_user_id" ON "taco" ("user_id");
COMMIT;
  • The missing fields were the clue. Looking at the model definition:
class Taco(Model):
  timestamp = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
  user = ForeignKeyField(
    rel_model=User,
    related_name='tacos'
  )
  protein = CharField(max_length=100),  # <-- comma should not be here
  shell = CharField(max_length=100),  # <-- comma should not be here
  cheese = BooleanField(default=False),  # <-- comma should not be here
  extras = CharField(max_length=255)

Removing the commas fixed the issue.

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Peter;

Can you post the code you are using please? It will greatly assist in troubleshooting your problem.

Thanks,
Ken

peterbristow
peterbristow
10,403 Points

Hi Ken

I just added my code for all to see.

Thanks, Peter.

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

This would be better as a comment than an answer so from the community page it looks like the question still needs answering.