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14,136 PointsFlask request challenge
I'm getting "didn't get the expected response" fail in the flask course requests challenge. I'm not sure what response it's expecting?
from flask import Flask
from flask import request
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route('/')
def index(name="Treehouse"):
return "Hello {}".format(name)
from flask import Flask
from flask import request
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route('/')
def index(name="Treehouse"):
return "Hello {}".format(name)
1 Answer
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Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsThe code is not getting name from the query arguments. Use
name = request.args.get('name')
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14,136 PointsY B
14,136 PointsAnswered here: https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/how-to-replace-name-with-a-name-argument-in-the-query-string