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Russell Walls
590 Pointsnon-200 response in Flask Basics challenge
My workspace code functions correctly but when I use the same code for the challenge I keep getting a non-200 response.
I can't spot why there's an error now but not before. Can anyone help point it out?
Previous code from workspace (for reference):
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 from {}".format(name)
app.run(debug=True, port=8000, host="0.0.0.0")
from flask import Flask
from flask import request
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route('/')
def index(name):
name = request.args.get('name', name)
return 'Hello {}'.format(name)
1 Answer
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Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsCompare your previous answer to your latest code. What happens when index()
is called without an argument? What would be the value of name
?
Jeffrey James
2,636 PointsJeffrey James
2,636 PointsYour dict.get fallback value seems like a strange choice here. Typically:
some_dict.get('key_name', 'default_backup') -- think about that maybe?