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Python Flask Basics Welcome to Flask View Args Through URL

Update the response from hello() to say "Hello {name}", replacing {name} with the passed-in name.

Why is this code not passing challenge Challenge Task 2 of 3 from Flask Basics: from flask import Flask. I get a "Bummer! '/' without a name gave a non-200 response."

flask_app.py
from flask import Flask

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/<name>')
def hello(name="Treehouse"):
     return 'Hello %s' % name

5 Answers

Hanley Chan
Hanley Chan
27,771 Points

Hi,

Step 1 asks to add a new route to hello() instead of overwriting the default. It should work if you put the route back in.

@app.route('/')

Thanks, makes sense now. And it worked.

from flask import Flask

app = Flask(__name__)


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

This is how it should look

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 {}".format(name)

shawn Jones
shawn Jones
6,044 Points

I'm stuck id did everything and no response from flask import Flask from flask import request app = Flask(name)

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

hi martin it asks you to add a default route.

from flask import Flask

app = Flask(__name__)

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

Thanks.