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Python Flask Basics Welcome to Flask View Args Through URL

Posted by kacperwikiel
kacperwikiel
15,795 Points

After solving task 2 task 1 is no longer passing. Why?

How to pass a data into format?

flask_app.py 
from flask import Flask
from flask import request 

app = Flask(__name__)


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

1 Answer

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

When using named formats you need to assign the value to the name. It would also work to change {name} to {} or {0}:

@app.route('/')
@app.route('/<name>')
def hello(name=None):  # <-- Change default value to None
     return 'Hello {name}'.format(name=name)  # <-- Change format arguments

Also, I changed default argument value to None so that you don't get "Hello Test" when using route '/'