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Python Build a Social Network with Flask Broadcasting Add Some Layout

Terrell Stewart
PLUS
Terrell Stewart
Courses Plus Student 4,228 Points

Recursion error when attempting to log out

Within my "layout.html" file I have a url_for with that redirects to the log out view if the user is already logged in, but once I go to this view I get a jinga error of:

RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded in comparison What does this mean and how can I solve this issue?

   <!DOCTYPE html>
   <html class="no-js">
       <head>
           <meta charset="utf-8">
           <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
           <title>{% block title %}TwoCans{% endblock %}</title>
           <meta name="description" content="">
           <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
           <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Varela+Round' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
           <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/normalize.min.css">
           <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/main.css">

           <!--[if lt IE 9]>
               <script src="//html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
               <script>window.html5 || document.write('<script     src="/static/js/vendor/html5shiv.js"><\/script>')</script>
           <![endif]-->
       </head>
       <body>

           <header>

             <div class="row">

               <div class="grid-33">

                 <a href="{{ url_for('index') }}" class="icon-logo"></a>

               </div>

               <div class="grid-33">

                   <!-- Say Hi -->
                   <h1>Hello{% if current_user.is_authenticated() %} {{ current_user.username }}{% endif %}!</h1>

               </div>

               <div class="grid-33">

                   <!-- Log in/Log out -->
                   {% if current_user.is_authenticated() %}
                   <a href="{{ url_for('logout_user') }}" class="icon-power" title="Log out"></a>
                   {% else %}
                   <a href="{{ url_for('login') }}" class="icon-power" title="Log in"></a>
                   <a href="{{ url_for('register') }}" class="icon-profile" title="Register"></a>
                   {% endif %}

               </div>

             </div>

           </header>

           <!-- Flash messages -->
              {% with messages = get_flashed_messages(with_categories=True) %}
               {% if messages %}
                   {% for category, message in messages %}
                       <div class="notification {{ category }}">{{ message }}</div>
                   {% endfor %}
               {% endif %}
           {% endwith %}

           <div class="row">

             <div class="main">

               <nav>

                 <a href="{{ url_for('index') }}">All</a>

               </nav>

               {% block content %}{% endblock %}

                </div>

              </div>

              <footer>

             <div class="row">

            <p>A Social App built with Flask<br>by <a href="http://teamtreehouse.com">Treehouse</a></p>

             </div>

           </footer>

           <script src="/static/js/vendor/disTime.min.js"></script>
           <script src="/static/js/main.js"></script>

       </body>
   </html>
    from flask import (Flask, g,render_template,flash,redirect,url_for)
    from flask.ext.bcrypt import check_password_hash
    from flask.ext.login import LoginManager,login_user,logout_user,login_required#Have to be logged in to use this view

    import models #File created
    import forms #File created

    DEBUG = True
    PORT = 8000
    HOST = '0.0.0.0'

    app = Flask(__name__)
    app.secret_key = 'rfvreg5tgb45tg5re'
    login_manager = LoginManager()
    login_manager.init_app(app)
    login_manager.login_view = 'login' #Login refers to the def login() function

    @login_manager.user_loader
    def load_user(userid):
      try:
        return models.User.get(models.User.id==userid) #Find out what user id is
      except models.DoesNotExist:
        return None

    @app.before_request
    def before_request():
      """Connect to database before each request."""
      g.db = models.DATABASE
      g.db.connect()


    @app.after_request
    def after_request(response):
      """Close the database connection after each request"""
      g.db.close()
      return response

    @app.route('/register',methods=('GET','POST'))
    def register():
      form = forms.RegisterForm()
      if form.validate_on_submit():
        flash("Yay you registered!", "success")
        models.User.create_user(
          username = form.username.data,
          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("Your email or password doesn't match!","error")
        else:
          if check_password_hash(user.password, form.password.data):
            login_user(user)
            flash("You've been logged in!","success")
            return redirect(url_for('index'))
          else:
            flash("your email or password doesn't match!", "error")
      return render_template('login.html', form=form)     #Why do we use form=form???? FIND OUT




    @app.route('/logout')  
    @login_required #You must be logged if not you will get rediredted to the log in page
    def logout_user():                             
      logout_user() #Deletes the login_user(user) cookie in the log in view
      flash("You've been logged out! Come back soon!","success")                                                      
      return redirect(url_for('index'))                           

    @app.route('/')
    def index():
      return'Hey'




    if __name__ == '__main__':
      models.initialize()
      try:
        models.User.create_user(
          username='Terrell Stewart',
          email='terrell.p.stewart@gmail.com',
          password='password',
          admin=True
        )
      except ValueError :
        pass

      app.run(debug=DEBUG,host=HOST,port=PORT)

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1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

The first line of the logout() calls the logout() this will recursive call itself until the recursive limit is reached.

    def logout_user():                             
      logout_user() #Deletes the login_user(user) cookie in the log in view

Perhaps you meant to call the view "logout"