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Python A Social Network with Flask Making Strong Users What's a method like you doing in a class like this?

Posted by Deshawn Nichols
Deshawn Nichols
8,741 Points

Add a @classmethod to User named new. It should take two arguments, email and password. The body of the method can be pa

Whats wrong with my code?

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):
            pass

1 Answer

Brandon White
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Brandon White
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Brandon White
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Brandon White
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 35,771 Points

Hi Deshawn,

You’ve nested your class method inside the Meta class, but the challenge wants it to be a part of the User class.

Change your indention so that the classmethod decorator and the method definition are at the same indent level.

That should get you to the second part of the challenge.

Deshawn Nichols
Deshawn Nichols
8,741 Points

thanks!