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Python Django Basics Model Administration First app view

Juan Perez
PLUS
Juan Perez
Courses Plus Student 8,944 Points
Posted by Juan Perez
Juan Perez
Courses Plus Student 8,944 Points

What am I doing wrong in this view?

What is it that i'm doing wrong in this view? Im getting the wrong output.

articles/views.py 
from django.http import HttpResponse
from .models import Article

# Write your views here
def article_list(request):
    articles = Article.objects.all() 
    output = len(articles)
    return HttpResponse("There are {} articles"), output

1 Answer

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

You are very close. The string in the last line is missing the format() method:

return HttpResponse("There are {} articles".format(output))