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Python Flask Basics Welcome to Flask Clean URL Arguments

Posted by qasimalbaqali
qasimalbaqali
17,839 Points

Challenge help

Task 2 of 3: "Update the response from hello() to say "Hello {name}", replacing {name} with the passed-in name."

My code:

from flask import Flask

app = Flask(__name__)


@app.route('/<name>')
def hello(name="Wut"):
     return 'Hello {}'.format('name')

gives Bummer! Did you change the view's response?

what am I doing wrong

5 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points

In the View Args Through URL Challenge, the first challange asks:

Add a new route to hello() that expects a name argument. The view will need to accept a name argument, too.

Your code is missing this route from part 1. Updating your code:

from flask import Flask

app = Flask(name)

@app.route('/')
@app.route('/<name>')  # <-- new route
def hello(name="Wut"):
    return 'Hello {}'.format('name')

Challenge Task 2

Update the response from hello() to say "Hello {name}", replacing {name} with the passed-in name.

Your code is very close. The error is in the format. You are formatting a fixed string "name" instead of the passed in name. Remove the quote around name in the format():

from flask import Flask

app = Flask(name)

@app.route('/')
@app.route('/<name>')  # <-- new route
def hello(name="Wut"):
    return 'Hello {}'.format(name)  # <-- removed quotes
Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Why is 'name' quoted in your call of .format()?

michaelangelo owildeberry
michaelangelo owildeberry
18,173 Points
michaelangelo owildeberry
michaelangelo owildeberry
18,173 Points

Did you complete task 2 of 3? =)

Mike Siwik
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Mike Siwik
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 14,814 Points
Mike Siwik
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Mike Siwik
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 14,814 Points 
from flask import Flask
from flask import request

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/')
def index(name="Treehouse"):
     return "Hello {}".format(name)

This is 100% correct

Ruby R
Ruby R
1,086 Points
Ruby R
Ruby R
1,086 Points

from flask import Flask from flask import request

app = Flask(name)

@app.route('/') @app.route('/<name>') def hello(name): return 'Hello {}'.format(name)