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Jeremy Kerrigan
12,002 PointsWhy won't this pass?? Please help
Challenge Task 1 of 1
Import request from Flask. Then update the index view to return "Hello {name}", replacing {name} with a name argument in the query string.
What is wrong with my code? Thanks
from flask import Flask
from flask import request
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route('/')
def index(name= "Treehouse"):
return "Hello {}.".format(name)
2 Answers
![Chris Freeman](https://uploads.teamtreehouse.com/production/profile-photos/1153532/micro_image.jpg)
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsWhere is name
expected to come from? The task says "replacing {name} with a name argument in the query string.
". This means to use the request.args.get()
to retrieve the name:
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)
![Jeremy Kerrigan](https://uploads.teamtreehouse.com/production/profile-photos/4954282/micro_Boldy_1.jpg)
Jeremy Kerrigan
12,002 PointsThanks Chris that worked