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jun cheng wong
17,021 PointsImport request from Flask. Then update the index view to return "Hello {name}", replacing {name} with a name argument in
Whats wrong with my code
from flask import Flask
from flask import request
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route('/')
def index():
name = request.args.get('name',name)
return "Hello {name}"
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Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsHey jun cheng wong, you are very close!
Correct the following:
- the second argument to
request.args.get()
is the default value if the searched term is not in the query string.name
is not defined. Choose a defined string, or addname
as a keyword parameter toindex
with a default value. - the f-string is missing its f
Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!
jun cheng wong
17,021 Pointsjun cheng wong
17,021 Pointsthanks, get it