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Sarah Burgart
5,159 Pointsgave a non-200 response - get name argument - did you change route?
I saw a few other questions/ help with this - and can't see what I am doing wrong?
from flask import Flask
from flask import request
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route('/')
def index(name = 'Treehouse'):
name = request.args.get('name', name)
return 'Hello {name}'.format(name)
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KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,969 PointsWith the format method the curly braces used for place holders are empty. Try:
return 'Hello {}'.format(name)
Sarah Burgart
5,159 PointsSarah Burgart
5,159 PointsOi. Thanks! I usually employ f"Hello {name}"