#web-development | Python | Page 56

native tide Apr 30, 2020, 4:36 PM

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So, with a complicated package structure, it makes it not worth it. inline style is fine 😛

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for this at least.

cold anchor Apr 30, 2020, 4:46 PM

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What kind of use cases @lofty matrix ?

lofty matrix Apr 30, 2020, 4:52 PM

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I make and host different projects for different clients. They are all generally based around the same code base, but with client specific needs implemented on each. Each client has a subdomain of my domain like client1.example.com. This points to an AWS load balancer, where the hostname is used to route traffic to the corresponding target group. Each project has one or more EC2 instances in a target group. It's working, but I have some concerns with load balancers not having the ability to reference an infinite number of target groups, some clients want to use their own domain, which requires a certificate to be added to the load balancer, and EC2 load balancers have a limit of 20 certificates. Also there's the issue of being able to patch, do rolling deployments, etc across all of these different but similar projects in the same infrastructure in a manageable way

tired root Apr 30, 2020, 4:53 PM

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At some point I'd look into Colo instead of cloud

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A cluster can work a lot more efficient than a lot of cloud servers tied together

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Also, instead of reverse proxy, you can use IP forwarding, effectively not having to worry about the certificate limit

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BUt then each instance is under more load

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Is this Python wsgi servers or php, fastcgi?

lofty matrix Apr 30, 2020, 4:56 PM

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wsgi

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Django, specifically

tired root Apr 30, 2020, 4:56 PM

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Are you using haProxy or nginx as reverse proxy?

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or apache?

lofty matrix Apr 30, 2020, 4:57 PM

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well the load balancer is proxying traffic to the EC2 instances, then each instance runs nginx to proxy to the application

tired root Apr 30, 2020, 4:57 PM

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So a mix of Layer 4 and Layer 7 balancing

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The first load balancer is Layer 4, it ip forwards, the one behind is layer 7 as it fetches the website for the client

cold anchor Apr 30, 2020, 4:58 PM

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each client has a different version of the same application?

lofty matrix Apr 30, 2020, 4:59 PM

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not the same application, which makes it confusing. They share libraries I've written that handle a lot of the common functionality between projects

cold anchor Apr 30, 2020, 4:59 PM

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I'm confused on why you're using the same domain/LB at all if they're different apps

tired root Apr 30, 2020, 5:00 PM

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@cold anchor It is very common, the client can still put another domain on it as cname or A/quadA record

cold anchor Apr 30, 2020, 5:00 PM

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I understand that part

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that's a typical whitelabel app

tired root Apr 30, 2020, 5:01 PM

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At my last job, we had something similar, a bunch of webshops running off the same code

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But we used a Linux cluster with roundabout 20 servers

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IN a Colocation setup

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FUnny enough, I work now in that very datacenter they have colo in

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😄

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That happens when you refuse a raise

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but 😛

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sorry

lofty matrix Apr 30, 2020, 5:02 PM

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One reason is cost; it's cheaper to have 20 clients on 1 load balancer than to have 1 client per load balancer. Each client individually doesn't have much traffic. There's also a gateway instance in the VPC that handles some of the configuration management/deployment esque tasks

tired root Apr 30, 2020, 5:02 PM

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It's good enough to have one load balancer to serve many clients

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if it can handle the load

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But something you've never said: Where is your bottleneck?

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I can give you general advice, but I am curious where your issue is right now

cold anchor Apr 30, 2020, 5:03 PM

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also re: limits on the number of target groups, here's some info https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/load-balancer-limits.html

Quotas for Your Application Load Balancers - Elastic Load Balancing

Learn about the quotas for Application Load Balancers.

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looks like 100

lofty matrix Apr 30, 2020, 5:04 PM

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It's not really a performance bottleneck. I want to be able to continue taking on client projects without worrying that at some point, I will hit a limit of how many taget groups/certificates/domains I can have, and I will have to re-think everything. It's also that I would like to manage all of them in the same way

tired root Apr 30, 2020, 5:05 PM

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I don't know how much you make, but at some point look into having root servers, but it increases the administrative workload

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pros and cons

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and further down the road colocation in a data center nearby

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WHich requires an investment of a lot of money

cold anchor Apr 30, 2020, 5:06 PM

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alternatively if you can turn the differences in client implementations into just something you or they can configure, you don't need to use new servers for each or worry about load balancer limits

lofty matrix Apr 30, 2020, 5:08 PM

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What do you mean by root server, scorcher? DNS?

tired root Apr 30, 2020, 5:09 PM

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@lofty matrix Dedicated root, it means you rent the whole hardware and the server hardware is exclusive to you

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You only get an OS supplied by the DC it is in

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Colocation means you put your own hardware into a rented rack

lofty matrix Apr 30, 2020, 5:10 PM

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rdbaker do you mean similar to a product like gitlab, where each enterprise client has their own configuration of roles and things like that, but the product is just "gitlab"? I've thought about that, but I don't think I could make the functionality generic enough for that

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scorcher, each client uses one or two of some of the cheapest EC2 instances, so it's like $20/month to host, and the clients absorb that hosting cost. I think in this case dedicated hardware would just add complexity

tired root Apr 30, 2020, 5:13 PM

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It's something to consider and you need to make that call. A whole dedicated root server costs about 40€/month plus traffic and an IP, but it may be worth it

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but again, I can only give pointers

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If cloud is still enough, then stick with it

onyx crane Apr 30, 2020, 5:15 PM

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Since nobody responded yet, ill just drop it here again for relevance :'D sorry

Django:

When i use the .save method of my ModelForm, i think the .save method of my reference Model gets called.
I already overwrote the save Method of my Model which worked perfectly. Now i want to make the ModelForm call a "first_create" method that is an extended version of my overwritten .save method of my Model. This does not work though. (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/forms/modelforms/#the-save-method) i couldnt find anything about this here.
Is there a way to pass a javascript variable back with my form without displaying a formfield ? Like a hidden field i can populate with javascript, depending on on site conditions that then gets submitted with the rest of the form ?

Creating forms from models | Django documentation | Django

cold anchor Apr 30, 2020, 5:20 PM

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@lofty matrix yeah, sort of like that- it's what I did on the last whitelabel product I launched (https://www.drift.com/product/landing-pages/) and it made these types of issues disappear because all clients used the same backend, just a highly configurable version of it

Drift

John DeWolf

Conversational Landing Page Software | Drift

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lofty matrix Apr 30, 2020, 5:26 PM

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rdbaker, so you're just running one application (accross multiple server/instances), and clients have separate logins and api tokens and billing and such, correct?

cold anchor Apr 30, 2020, 5:26 PM

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yeah exactly

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then the app they interact with is just static JS hosted by a CDN and the configuration is fetched based on the domain and we point *.ourdomain.com to the CDN

lofty matrix Apr 30, 2020, 5:29 PM

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Yea, unfortunately I can't generalize my use cases like that

cold anchor Apr 30, 2020, 5:30 PM

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dang, then yeah, the last time I had to do something similar we ended up creating new "stacks" per customer and would build the expense of it into their bill, lucky for us though, customers were high-touch and paid a lot

onyx crane Apr 30, 2020, 5:45 PM

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cough

Since nobody responded yet, ill just drop it here again for relevance :'D sorry

Django:

When i use the .save method of my ModelForm, i think the .save method of my reference Model gets called.
I already overwrote the save Method of my Model which worked perfectly. Now i want to make the ModelForm call a "first_create" method that is an extended version of my overwritten .save method of my Model. This does not work though. (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/forms/modelforms/#the-save-method) i couldnt find anything about this here.

Is there a way to pass a javascript variable back with my form without displaying a formfield ? Like a hidden field i can populate with javascript, depending on on site conditions that then gets submitted with the rest of the form ?
@onyx crane

Creating forms from models | Django documentation | Django

tranquil robin Apr 30, 2020, 6:32 PM

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is there something wrong with my flask route?

@app.route("/bookmarks/<int:id>/delete", methods=["DELETE"])
def delete_bookmark(id):

I keep getting 404, all of my other routes are working fine except for this one.
Let me know if I should provide any other info

queen bough Apr 30, 2020, 6:44 PM

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@tranquil robin No error?

tranquil robin Apr 30, 2020, 6:44 PM

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127.0.0.1 - - [30/Apr/2020 20:41:28] "DELETE /bookmarks/1/delete HTTP/1.1" 404 -

queen bough Apr 30, 2020, 6:47 PM

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So there is no error? That might mean your function code is incorrect.

tranquil robin Apr 30, 2020, 6:48 PM

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its not seeing my route at all, thats the problem

cold anchor Apr 30, 2020, 6:49 PM

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does the flask routes command show your route correctly?

tranquil robin Apr 30, 2020, 6:50 PM

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god, guess I need to take a break, it was an extra tab indentation -,-

queen bough Apr 30, 2020, 6:50 PM

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Where?

tranquil robin Apr 30, 2020, 6:50 PM

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i have been trying to fix it for 1 hour -,-

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in the line of code before the route -,-

native tide Apr 30, 2020, 6:54 PM

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jinja2 fail.

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I tried to have it programmatically generated. so I didnt even have to write the conditions more than once and could easily change the values of the bottons and icons. But ehh... Seems like jinja2 doesnt know how to render jinja2 given to it to render after it is done rendering the first time.

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Looked a little something like this

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You live and learn

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Its probably one of those situations wheere you try to not repeat yourself and avoid hardcoding to the extent that you waste time on something you will never change or want to change.

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(...maybe)

tiny siren Apr 30, 2020, 6:59 PM

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how do i setup a ddos protection loading page

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that tells the user to wait 5 seconds

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you know.

native tide Apr 30, 2020, 6:59 PM

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I'm pretty sure its more effective to monitor server logs and set up automated ip bans.

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Not that i know how to qualify what deserves that...

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Unless you're just trying to make people look at ads. 😛 But that isnt to protect against DoS

native tide Apr 30, 2020, 7:32 PM

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can some one help me i cant disable flask's anoying logger
ex. 127.0.0.1 - - [2020-04-30 22:32:30] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 2255 0.015633

the code i tried:

website_app = Flask(__name__, static_folder=path.abspath('./libs/templates/static'))
log = getLogger("werkzeug")
log.disabled = True
website_app.logger.disabled = True

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nvm i have fixed it

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changed

http_server = WSGIServer(("0.0.0.0", SETTINGS["PORT"]), website_app, backlog=False)```
to
```python
http_server = WSGIServer(("0.0.0.0", SETTINGS["PORT"]), website_app, backlog=False, log=None)```

cold anchor Apr 30, 2020, 7:39 PM

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you could also remove the logging handler:
website_app.logger.removeHandler(website_app.logger.handlers[0])

native tide Apr 30, 2020, 7:40 PM

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thanks

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do you guys now how can i catch KeyboardInterrupt

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\coolguy\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\gevent\_ffi\loop.py", line 
234, in python_check_callback
    def python_check_callback(self, watcher_ptr): # pylint:disable=unused-argument
KeyboardInterrupt
2020-04-30T19:41:35Z

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i have tried

try:
  http_server.serve_forever()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
  print("")
  error("closing!")
  _exit(0)

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its working actually but when closing it just prints that

cold anchor Apr 30, 2020, 8:11 PM

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do you want to catch a keyboard interrupt or an OS level kill signal?

native tide Apr 30, 2020, 8:41 PM

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keyboard interrupt

rare oar Apr 30, 2020, 10:17 PM

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hey all, I got a pretty stupid query that is giving me a lot of lengthy response times, especially when on heroku.

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I'm wondering if anyone have tips to optimize?

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https://dpaste.org/hjaz

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that has the generated query, the view, and the models

tiny siren Apr 30, 2020, 11:59 PM

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How can i save this information on my server somewhere?

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zealous siren May 1, 2020, 12:03 AM

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Write it off to database

tiny siren May 1, 2020, 12:05 AM

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How lol

feral minnow May 1, 2020, 12:45 AM

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@tiny siren What are you using for this app, flask/django?

native tide May 1, 2020, 1:08 AM

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any of u huys know how to use pyngrok in termux

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ngrok works fine but pyngrok raises The ngrok process errored on start error

tiny siren May 1, 2020, 1:14 AM

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@feral minnow django

feral minnow May 1, 2020, 1:56 AM

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@tiny siren I don't have experience with django but you can have a look here https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/databases/ you can search to see what the easiest one to start I think its sqlite because I use it in flask, I didn't dive to deep with databases but sqlite is fine and simple for now, anyway if you're a beginner with web development I would recommed flask because people says that flask will teach you how things works , but django will save you more time and I think its easier than django.

Databases | Django documentation | Django

sharp plaza May 1, 2020, 1:56 AM

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I am interested in making a website using Python. But the one thing that I am not sure to use is Django or Flask. I am more of a beginner as I have only been learning Python for about 5-6 months. If anyone has some suggestions or advice for me, please tag me.

feral minnow May 1, 2020, 2:06 AM

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@sharp plaza Flask is better to start than django, its easier im saying that from my experience with flask and what I read about them, so Flask is more straight forward and will make it easier to understand how things work, Django has more built-in functions so it will save you some more time , So go on start with flask and after spending sometime with it you can move to Django

sharp plaza May 1, 2020, 2:07 AM

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Ok, thank you very much! 🙂

feral minnow May 1, 2020, 2:09 AM

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Welecome 😀 , and if you don't know where to start here's a tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqhxxeeTbu0&list=PLzMcBGfZo4-n4vJJybUVV3Un_NFS5EOgX, I started with it his explainstion is pretty good

YouTube

Tech With Tim

Flask Tutorial #1 - How to Make Websites with Python

Welcome to the first flask tutorial! This series will show you how to create websites with python using the micro framework flask. Flask is designed for quick development of simple web applications and is much easier to learn and use than django. If you are less experienced wi...

▶ Play video

sharp plaza May 1, 2020, 2:09 AM

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Amazing! Tech with Tim! I was just going on his channel to look for Flask tutorials! 😄

feral minnow May 1, 2020, 2:10 AM

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Good luck man 😄

long forge May 1, 2020, 3:25 AM

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Just finished that series - it's pretty good but he sucks at naming things

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Also what are everyone's thoughts on Django vs flask?

cerulean vapor May 1, 2020, 3:29 AM

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Flask is simple and a nice place to start for beginners

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Django is complex, but completist - it covers most everything in some form

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That said, Flask has a lot of add-ons that allow its functionality to be expanded

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@long forge

long forge May 1, 2020, 3:40 AM

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I see. How does a plug in equipped Flask compare to Django in terms of security?

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Assuming you run security plug ins

shy holly May 1, 2020, 4:15 AM

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I'm using django-import-export library,
when the user uses the import function, I want to ignore all new records, any ideas ?
example :
https://ibb.co/sq8QpB6

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shy holly May 1, 2020, 4:33 AM

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some how i need to override django-import-export library so I can skip the new "records"

native tide May 1, 2020, 10:16 AM

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hey, I have a flask project that worked quite well but the virtualenvironment was full of libraries that werent necessary anymore. so I deleted all dependencies and only installed those again, that are necessary for the project

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Now I redeployed it again and everything works in production and uses less ram. But on my local machine i cannot open it for testing

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this is what i get in the cmd:

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127.0.0.1 - - [01/May/2020 12:14:21] "[32mGET / HTTP/1.1[0m" 302 -
127.0.0.1 - - [01/May/2020 12:14:21] code 400, message Bad request version ('Ð\x96U\x8a\x02ÛÀ\x15µ¿\x04Vö]\x8b\x8bü«÷Ôc³k\xadOÜ{C\x16¶0\x9a\x00"**\x13\x01\x13\x02\x13\x03À+À/À,À0Ì©Ì¨À\x13À\x14\x00\x9c\x00\x9d\x00/\x005\x00')
127.0.0.1 - - [01/May/2020 12:14:21] "[35m[1m  üï¼Êå]Nð«sÍíX`cêZÀµK ÐUÛÀµ¿Vö]ü«÷Ôc³kOÜ{C¶0 "**À+À/À,À0Ì©Ì¨ÀÀ   / 5 [0m" HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST -```

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i guess something is wrong with the SSL but how can I fix it so that I can also run it on my machine without SSL?

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Do I need some local environment variable that bypasses the HTTPS?

candid basalt May 1, 2020, 10:27 AM

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I don't see any ssl there.

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It runs on http, so if there is no reverse proxy or something on top of it - there is no ssl to worry about.

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Do you have nginx or something on top of it?

native tide May 1, 2020, 10:33 AM

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well I do have ssl in production. and there everything works. but locally I can not run the app anymore.

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I use flask-talisman with this code:

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    'default-src': [
        "*",
        "'unsafe-inline'"
    ]
}

talisman = Talisman(app, content_security_policy=csp)```

candid basalt May 1, 2020, 10:34 AM

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What do you perform requests with?

native tide May 1, 2020, 10:34 AM

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now i can make it work if I comment out the talisman line.

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what do you mean with requests? If I use http or https?

candid basalt May 1, 2020, 10:35 AM

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Oh. Talisman:

Forces all connects to https, unless running with debug enabled.

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So set it to debug mode for local dev and you should be fine.

native tide May 1, 2020, 10:35 AM

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ah, okay! that makes sense

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I'll try it

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many thanks!

candid basalt May 1, 2020, 10:35 AM

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Welcome.

native tide May 1, 2020, 10:36 AM

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works effing great

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thank you DiRaven

candid basalt May 1, 2020, 10:36 AM

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You are very welcome.

pliant falcon May 1, 2020, 11:21 AM

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Hi anyone knows how can I extract the price on this website https://eu.shop.battle.net/en-gb/product/call-of-duty-modern-warfare

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by xpath

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I have a PHP script that works for simple xpaths

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for example on Amazon I use this xpath for the price: ``` //span[@id='priceblock_ourprice']

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and it's works..

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but the battle net is different.. //span[contains(text(),'59.99')]

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:/ aand it doesn't works.. any idea?

solar hatch May 1, 2020, 12:22 PM

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Which is more easier flask or node js

glossy musk May 1, 2020, 12:23 PM

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Using Flask and

@app.route("/login", methods=["POST", "GET"])
def login():
    if request.method == "POST":
     user = request.form["nm"]
     return redirect(url_for("user", usr=user))
    else:
    return render_template("login.html")```

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zealous siren May 1, 2020, 1:32 PM

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Line 20

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Or more likely Line 19

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Oh, you are mixing tab and spaces, don’t do that

haughty turtle May 1, 2020, 2:30 PM

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Django is no joke haha

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like relearning a new language 🙂

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Anyone here switched from a framework such as Laravel to Django and found any benefits?

cold socket May 1, 2020, 3:06 PM

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Does anyone know if I can use Flask to render a game from pygame onto the web?

solar hatch May 1, 2020, 3:19 PM

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@cold socket you can use JavaScript

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And it pretty easy

hallow moat May 1, 2020, 4:17 PM

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Does anyone know if I can use Flask to render a game from pygame onto the web?
@cold socket you can't do that

tiny siren May 1, 2020, 4:18 PM

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How come when i press this button locally it works and when i upload it, it doesn't?

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hallow moat May 1, 2020, 4:18 PM

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pygame & web applications are whole different things

sonic flicker May 1, 2020, 4:48 PM

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61546808/why-web-vtt-styles-are-not-working-in-mac-os

Stack Overflow

Why WEB VTT styles are not working in mac os

I am using html5 video player I have added the style into it using

console.log('transformed data', this.convertJsonToStyle(this.transBackGroundColor(this.transformKeys(this.$store.state.videoEdi...

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Can anybody help me with this issue

tiny siren May 1, 2020, 4:52 PM

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So my question just got buried.

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Great

versed sigil May 1, 2020, 5:26 PM

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lol u mad @tiny siren

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youre going to have to do some troubleshooting on your end

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open chrome/ff dev console

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track down whats going on

tiny siren May 1, 2020, 5:37 PM

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yeah i get errors in the console, but i don't know if it's related

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@versed sigil

oblique delta May 1, 2020, 6:03 PM

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can I ask a WAMP question here?

versed sigil May 1, 2020, 6:04 PM

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@tiny siren you can try posting the errors, but without any code or errors not much can be done

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WinAmp was my favo mp3 pllayer

oblique delta May 1, 2020, 6:05 PM

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nvm, found my answer

frosty mauve May 1, 2020, 7:03 PM

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.Can anyone here help me with formsets on django?

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['ManagementForm data is missing or has been tampered with']
Getting this error...been trying to troubleshoot but no luck yet

shy holly May 1, 2020, 7:05 PM

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Does anyone have any idea on how to solve this 👇
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61548485/django-import-export-how-to-skip-the-new-rows-and-only-update-the-existed-one

Stack Overflow

Django import export - How to skip the new rows, and only update th...

When importing a file I want to skip all of the new rows that exists, and only update and change the ones that already exists, I've been trying for days to solve this problem, any ideas will help.
...

frosty mauve May 1, 2020, 7:06 PM

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I think there is a builtin onchange() function that might be worth looking into

cerulean pelican May 1, 2020, 7:50 PM

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Hello, i'm trying to save a file which is uploaded using FileField (Flask), heres my code video_form.video_file.data.save('uploads/' + filename) But it says AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'save'

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Any help I could receive?

feral minnow May 1, 2020, 7:54 PM

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@cerulean pelican Are u sure .data is required here ?

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https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/1.1.x/patterns/fileuploads/

cerulean pelican May 1, 2020, 7:55 PM

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yes .data is required because otherwise this will be in the traceback instead

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AttributeError: 'FileField' object has no attribute 'save'

feral minnow May 1, 2020, 7:57 PM

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Im reading the doc but im not seeing anything about data

cerulean pelican May 1, 2020, 7:58 PM

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I got my code from this stackoverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14589393/how-to-actually-upload-a-file-using-flask-wtf-filefield

Stack Overflow

How to actually upload a file using Flask WTF FileField

In my forms.py file I have I have

class myForm(Form):
   fileName = FileField()

In my views.py file I have

form = myForm()
if form.validate_on_submit():
    fileName =

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tho its 7 years old

feral minnow May 1, 2020, 7:59 PM

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you want to save the file to somewhere in the clients device ?

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or you want to give them the option to choose?

cerulean pelican May 1, 2020, 8:02 PM

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no no i want to save it on my server

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its a flask application

feral minnow May 1, 2020, 8:03 PM

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so something like recive a file from the client or download it directly from another site

cerulean pelican May 1, 2020, 8:03 PM

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mate its a website, they upload the file and it will do a post request and my server gets the file in the request and downloads it and stores it on my end

feral minnow May 1, 2020, 8:08 PM

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just use .save try it I don't think you need .data

cerulean pelican May 1, 2020, 8:08 PM

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I did and this was the response

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AttributeError: 'FileField' object has no attribute 'save'

lament moss May 1, 2020, 8:10 PM

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im trying to open lots of tabs on chrome as i need the random string at the end of the website any way i can do it out of chrome

feral minnow May 1, 2020, 8:16 PM

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@cerulean pelican maybe this will help,https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27611827/attributeerror-filefield-object-has-no-attribute-file

Stack Overflow

AttributeError: 'FileField' object has no attribute 'File'

I'm new to Flask. I wanted to create a very basic site which allows to upload the images.I found the manual, however I wanted to make it slightly different. Here's my code:

###main.py

import os
f...

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@lament moss What you mean with random?

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You can get the url string without opening the taps, but if you want to do both you can or you meant a random string in the website content?

frosty mauve May 1, 2020, 8:39 PM

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Anyone here good with formsets?

grizzled crescent May 1, 2020, 10:45 PM

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Hello, does someone know a website that store covid datas ?

solar hatch May 1, 2020, 11:30 PM

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Api

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??

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@grizzled crescent

grizzled crescent May 1, 2020, 11:31 PM

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API or website @solar hatch

solar hatch May 1, 2020, 11:43 PM

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https://covid19.mathdro.id/api

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@grizzled crescent

obsidian parrot May 1, 2020, 11:51 PM

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does anyone know if data from admin.py gets sent or is just representing data from the db because im trying to query it and for some reason i cant use .filter() or any of that, the only thing that works is .all()
django btw

candid gull May 2, 2020, 12:24 AM

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I have this Resource:

class RatingsResource(Resource):
    def get(self):
        try:
            ids = request.get_json()['articleIds']
        except Exception:
            ids = None

        rating = Rating.objects(article_id__in=ids)
       
        return rating.to_json(), 200

The JSON returned is being escaped:

"[{\"_id\": {\"$oid\": \"5eab76b49121a126eed50eef\"}, \"user_id\": \"854c9a9b-4a4a-410f-867c-9985c17878d8\", \"article_id\": 1, \"created_at\": {\"$date\": 1588280739226}}, {\"_id\": {\"$oid\": \"5eab7c279121a126eed50ef0\"}, \"user_id\": \"854c9a9b-4a4a-410f-867c-9985c17878d8\", \"article_id\": 1, \"created_at\": {\"$date\": 1588280739226}}, {\"_id\": {\"$oid\": \"5eab8a709121a126eed50ef1\"}, \"user_id\": \"854c9a9b-4a4a-410f-867c-9985c17878d8\", \"article_id\": 2, \"created_at\": {\"$date\": 1588280739226}}, {\"_id\": {\"$oid\": \"5eab8b389121a126eed50ef2\"}, \"user_id\": \"854c9a9b-4a4a-410f-867c-9985c17878d8\", \"article_id\": 2, \"created_at\": {\"$date\": 1588280739226}}, {\"_id\": {\"$oid\": \"5eac4fbd9121a126eed50ef3\"}, \"user_id\": \"854c9a9b-4a4a-410f-867c-9985c17878d8\", \"article_id\": 1, \"created_at\": {\"$date\": 1588280739226}}, {\"_id\": {\"$oid\": \"5eac7e08d5f3c28020d0755d\"}, \"user_id\": \"854c9a9b-4a4a-410f-867c-9985c17878d8\", \"article_id\": 3, \"created_at\": {\"$date\": 1588354045805}}]"

Anyone know why?

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This fixes it: json.loads(rating.to_json()) - but does not seem good

native tide May 2, 2020, 1:32 AM

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hey

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can i use flask forms for any form?

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or just login and registration form?

wild thunder May 2, 2020, 4:23 AM

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hey guys, just made it
Link: https://github.com/ngeorgj/fast-flask

it's an far cousin of django for flask projects,
it create an editable structure with the boring part
hope it's useful to you guys,

please rate it if you can

GitHub

ngeorgj/fast-flask

python application for shortening the boring part of flask apps. - ngeorgj/fast-flask

outer apex May 2, 2020, 7:28 AM

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@native tide Can help with your wtforms question if you still had some!

native tide May 2, 2020, 7:28 AM

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yes pls @outer apex !!

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ok so i want to do a form that uses selectField

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so like dropdown

outer apex May 2, 2020, 7:29 AM

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yup

native tide May 2, 2020, 7:30 AM

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ok so

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class TestForm(FlaskForm):
    unit = SelectField('Unit Type', [DataRequired()], choices = [('python','CITS1401'),('dsa','CITS2200'),('ai','CITS3001')])
    testtype = StringField('Type', validators=[DataRequired()])

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i've got this

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i just dont know

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how to access this in jinja2

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{% block content %}
    <form class="login" action="" method="post">
        <h2>Choose your test</h2>
        <h4>Select from the below options</h4>
        
        <div class="field">
          {{ form.unit.label }}
          <span class="form-error">{{ error }}</span>
        </div>
      ```

tired root May 2, 2020, 7:31 AM

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Either do the whole form in WTForms or all in HTML

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don't mix

native tide May 2, 2020, 7:31 AM

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what you mean?

outer apex May 2, 2020, 7:31 AM

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Oh, just {{form.unit}}

native tide May 2, 2020, 7:32 AM

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oof

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legend!

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@tired root what you mean?\

outer apex May 2, 2020, 7:32 AM

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Well, label is handy too, since you'd want to label it

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We've seen people writing wtforms on the Python side and not harnessing its power in the template. I think @tired root was referring to an instance like that.

native tide May 2, 2020, 7:38 AM

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oh ok

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appreciate the help!

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btw

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for QuerySelectField

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what import does that fall under?

tired root May 2, 2020, 7:39 AM

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<form class="login" action="" method="post">
I hope you are adding some path to the action here

native tide May 2, 2020, 7:39 AM

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sorry ignore that

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stole it from the login form

stuck current May 2, 2020, 11:14 AM

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Hi people, I was asp.net programmer at 2000. I used mostly vb.net. I did a long brake for programming.
So nowadays i want to return to web development for my personal website. I want to learn & use Python.
But i have some questions before starting & i couldn't find any answer for these on the internet.
So here are the questions:

1- Is it possible web development with Python "without installing frameworks"? (for example Django, Flask or whatever)
I want to install only Nginx and Python. Is it possible?

2- In PHP coding in HTML possible, but is it possible in Python?
For example is there a syntax like this in Python?
<html>
<title>Hello World</title>
<body>
<?php echo "Hello World!"; ?>
</body>
</html>
3- If these are possible where can i find tutorials? When i tried to find tutorial all of them was Django or any other frameworks.

Note: Sorry for my bad English. I know it's not well and i sorry for that : )

polar nova May 2, 2020, 11:34 AM

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1-no 2-yes 3-corey schafer

stuck current May 2, 2020, 12:00 PM

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thanks a lot : )@polar nova

native tide May 2, 2020, 12:36 PM

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I have a problem with Jinja and Flask-wtf: Is it possible to use a variable inside a variable?

                    {{ form.keyword(class_="single-input-primary", value="{{pre_keyword}}") }}

                        {% else %}
                    {{ form.keyword(class_="single-input-primary") }}
                        {% endif %}```

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In this case I check if the variable pre_keyword is passed to the template. if it exists the input field should be prepopulated with it -> value = {{ pre_keyword }}

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Unfortunately it literally renders "{{pre_keyword}}" in the template since the whole input is a variable

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how can i prefill the form with a variable?

tender crater May 2, 2020, 1:43 PM

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Was wondering about logging best practices for a Flask application that ideally should be deployed on GCP. I'd like to gather some opinions on:

Logging directly to Stackdriver
Write/find a handler to log to a MySQL db
Log to a file written inside the container

nimble epoch May 2, 2020, 2:10 PM

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I have a question about flask

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What is _get_current_object()?

zealous siren May 2, 2020, 2:17 PM

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Stackdriver or DB, containers should have nothing in them that isn't instantly disposable

tender crater May 2, 2020, 2:29 PM

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@zealous siren Forgot for a moment about that golden rule.

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I'm leaning towards dropping a text file in a storage bucket vs. Stackdriver

zealous siren May 2, 2020, 2:32 PM

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that's fine too

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it's less useful then stackdriver but probably less costly as well

native tide May 2, 2020, 3:41 PM

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hi how do you make a redirection in django

sharp plaza May 2, 2020, 4:16 PM

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I was just wondering if it is possible to make an online game using Flask? When I say online game, I mean games like surviv.io, agar.io, krunker.io, etc.

zealous siren May 2, 2020, 5:25 PM

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Cifer, not really

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You can write backend but you need JS for browser part

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And you need Websocket support so hopefully Flask supports that

knotty seal May 2, 2020, 6:40 PM

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I am new to flask and I'm trying to pass form data from one route to another... Here's what I have: ```py
@app.route("/index", methods = ["GET", "POST"])
def index():
coffeeForm=CoffeeForm()
if coffeeForm.validate_on_submit():
return redirect(url_for("order"), coffeeForm)
return render_template("index.html", form=coffeeForm)

@app.route("/order", methods=["GET", "POST"])
def order(coffeeData):
return render_template("order.html", form=coffeeData)

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The order.html will just display the order in a table.

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Would it be better for me to create a list containing the data from coffeeForm and pass that, rather than trying to passing the actual form?

feral minnow May 2, 2020, 7:28 PM

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@knotty seal if you want to get data from another function you gotta use "sessions"

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so something like this session["coffe"] = coffeeForm.theformyouwanttogetdatafrom.data

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then you will go to order

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coffe = session["coffe"]

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and if you want to use a list you can also

knotty seal May 2, 2020, 7:33 PM

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So do I need to pass the data to the view function

def order(coffeeData):
  return render_template("order.html", form=coffeeData)

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Or is the form global?

feral minnow May 2, 2020, 7:34 PM

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you put the form in index.html right?

knotty seal May 2, 2020, 7:35 PM

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That's right

feral minnow May 2, 2020, 7:36 PM

#

def index():
  coffeeForm=CoffeeForm()
  if coffeeForm.validate_on_submit():
    session["coffe"] = coffeeForm.theformyouwanttogetdatafrom.data
    return redirect(url_for("order"))
  return render_template("index.html", form=coffeeForm)


@app.route("/order", methods=["GET", "POST"])
def order():
  user_coffe = session["coffe"]
  return render_template("order.html", form=coffeeData)

knotty seal May 2, 2020, 7:36 PM

#

I have actrually changed the index view function now to create a list...

@app.route("/index", methods = ["GET", "POST"])
def index():
  coffeeForm=CoffeeForm()
  if coffeeForm.validate_on_submit():
    coffeeData = [coffeeForm.drink_type.data, 
                  coffeeForm.milk_type.data, 
                  coffeeForm.sugar.data, 
                  coffeeForm.extras.data,
                  coffeeForm.email.data, 
                  coffeeForm.username.data,
                  coffeeForm.payment.data]
    return redirect(url_for("order"))
  return render_template("index.html", form=coffeeForm)```

feral minnow May 2, 2020, 7:38 PM

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yup you can create a session and store a list inside it two, so session is like a "variable" that you can get its data from every function.

#

                  coffeeForm.milk_type.data, 
                  coffeeForm.sugar.data, 
                  coffeeForm.extras.data,
                  coffeeForm.email.data, 
                  coffeeForm.username.data,
                  coffeeForm.payment.data]```

knotty seal May 2, 2020, 7:40 PM

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Do I need to install Flask-Session for this?

feral minnow May 2, 2020, 7:40 PM

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from flask import session

knotty seal May 2, 2020, 7:40 PM

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Hmm. Okay

feral minnow May 2, 2020, 7:41 PM

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I didn't install it but maybe you have too idk

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I think it was downloaded automacily when I installed flask

knotty seal May 2, 2020, 7:43 PM

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This will be interesting. I'm just testing it

feral minnow May 2, 2020, 7:46 PM

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yup its useful

knotty seal May 2, 2020, 7:52 PM

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@feral minnow I love you and would like to have your babies.

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😛

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Also, thanks - I got it working.

feral minnow May 2, 2020, 7:53 PM

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wtf

knotty seal May 2, 2020, 7:54 PM

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My sense of humour.

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I’m just appreciative. And yes, I’m male.

feral minnow May 2, 2020, 7:55 PM

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Ah np... Welcome (:

native tide May 2, 2020, 8:27 PM

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https://www.shadertoy.com/view/WsXfDN
Mandelbrot using reflect transformation WebGL

Shadertoy

cerulean pelican May 2, 2020, 9:02 PM

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Hello, I'm wondering of how I could get this piece of code but inside a FlaskForm? ```
{% for genre in genres %}
<option value="{{ genre.name }}">{{ genre.name }}</option>
{% endfor %}

#

thats inside my html file which contains my jinja2 syntax

#

this is my form

#

class VideoForm(FlaskForm):
    """New Genre Form."""
    title = StringField('Title', validators=[validators.Length(min=3, max=75)])
    # genre = SelectField('Genre', [DataRequired()],
    #                    choices=[Genre.query.all()])
    description = StringField('Description', validators=[validators.Length(min=10, max=250)])
    video_file = FileField('File')
    submit = SubmitField('Upload')

tiny siren May 2, 2020, 9:40 PM

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If i send somebody my html code would they be able to fix it for me? I've been trying for a day

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( The problem is that when i upload the file to host, the dropdown context button stops working, and idk why )

hallow moat May 2, 2020, 9:52 PM

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@tiny siren Just send it here

candid gull May 2, 2020, 10:13 PM

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I'm relatively new to Flask. I have integration tests. In node apps I have written, I can prepend NODE_ENV=test onto the test command. In python with unittest, can I do this?

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Currently I am using flask.config.from_object

tiny siren May 2, 2020, 10:21 PM

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The button doesn't work

outer apex May 2, 2020, 10:35 PM

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@cerulean pelican What are you trying to achieve? Are you trying to render the choices for genre as dropdowns?

native tide May 2, 2020, 10:51 PM

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I am using Django 3.0.5 with a PostgreSQL database. I want to rename the field called first_name to fname. I believe I have to use the AlterField() operation, but I am not sure how to do so. Anyone have any experience with this?

class Contact(models.Model):
    first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/migration-operations/#alterfield

outer apex May 2, 2020, 10:59 PM

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@candid gull You could create a new object with config relevant for testing, and get your app's instance to use that.
https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/1.0.x/config/#development-production

candid gull May 2, 2020, 11:01 PM

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@outer apex I have done this.

class Config(object):
    DUBUG = False
    TESTING = False

    MONGODB_SETTINGS = {
        'host': 'mongodb://root:example@rating-service-db:27017/rating?authSource=admin'
    }


class ProductionConfig(Config):
    pass


class DevelopmentConfig(Config):
    DEBUG = True


class TestingConfig(Config):
    TESTING = True

    MONGODB_SETTINGS = {
        'host': 'mongodb://root:example@rating-service-db:27017/rating-test?authSource=admin'
    }

However, how do I tell my tests to use the testing config? I currently have this:

if app.config['ENV'] == 'production':
    app.config.from_object('core.config.ProductionConfig')
elif app.config['ENV'] == 'development':
    app.config.from_object('core.config.DevelopmentConfig')
else:
    app.config.from_object('core.config.TestingConfig')

Can I change the env in the base test?

outer apex May 2, 2020, 11:01 PM

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@native tide How about using migrations that comes with Django?
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/migrations/

Migrations | Django documentation | Django

native tide May 2, 2020, 11:03 PM

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that's exactly what i am using

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anyway, i think i found the answer

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25091130/django-migration-strategy-for-renaming-a-model-and-relationship-fields

Stack Overflow

Django migration strategy for renaming a model and relationship fields

I'm planning to rename several models in an existing Django project where there are many other models that have foreign key relationships to the models I would like to rename. I'm fairly certain this

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gonna try now and will report back

outer apex May 2, 2020, 11:04 PM

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@candid gull How are you instantiating your test client?

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@native tide Good luck. Back up if data is important!!

native tide May 2, 2020, 11:05 PM

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through makemigrations and migrate

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this is just a personal test project

candid gull May 2, 2020, 11:06 PM

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@outer apex I am using Docker - So I am running the tests inside of Docker. This is the issue - I am setting FLASK_ENV to dev - and I dont want to keep restarting the container when testing. In node, I can just prepend NODE_ENV onto npm run test as an example... Can I do this in Flask/Python?

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Am I making sense?

outer apex May 2, 2020, 11:19 PM

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@candid gull That makes sense. I think you could set app.config directly, like app.config['ENV'] = 'testing', before you run the tests

candid gull May 2, 2020, 11:20 PM

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@outer apex So I did this:

    def setUp(self):
        app.config['FLASK_ENV'] = 'test'

Does not work though...

outer apex May 2, 2020, 11:36 PM

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@candid gull Looping back a little, what are you hoping to happen after updating ENV? What are your expected results?

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How is app defined and are you importing it from the module it is defined in?

candid gull May 2, 2020, 11:37 PM

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@outer apex I want to change the database connection

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My app:

app = Flask(__name__)
api = Api(app)

if app.config['ENV'] == 'production':
    app.config.from_object('core.config.ProductionConfig')
elif app.config['ENV'] == 'development':
    app.config.from_object('core.config.DevelopmentConfig')
else:
    app.config.from_object('core.config.TestingConfig')

init_connection(app)
init_routes(api)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(debug=True, host='0.0.0.0')

outer apex May 2, 2020, 11:44 PM

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I see. You're using the instantiated app to run your tests. So setting the ENV here won't update the remaining config variables.

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You could update the database connection directly.. app.config['MONGODB_SETTINGS']. Not "clean" but get's the job done..

candid gull May 2, 2020, 11:49 PM

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ah ok

#

How would I restructure the application to override the env?

outer apex May 3, 2020, 12:08 AM

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If you just want to change specific config, changing it directly works. Like this database connection scenario.

#

You could also adopt the factory pattern. Put all this instantiation process into a function, and wherever you need that app, call that function

#

app_factory

def create_app():
    app = Flask(__name__)
    ...
    return app

main

from app_factory import create_app
app = create_app()

test

from app_factory import create_app
app = create_app()

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Note how you can create different app instances, and pass in args to this function to make it use different config object if you wish.

viral sphinx May 3, 2020, 12:38 AM

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Hey guys, so I have a flask web application , I want to do some route testings

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Any recommended libraries ?

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I’m new to unit testings

zealous siren May 3, 2020, 12:39 AM

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Are you testing rest methods or what?

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there is unittest

viral sphinx May 3, 2020, 12:41 AM

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Yes

zealous siren May 3, 2020, 12:41 AM

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I use Powershell Pester but I'm familiar with it

viral sphinx May 3, 2020, 12:42 AM

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I want to throw some requests parameters to the routes and test for 200 statuses

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unittest would be best?

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I’ve been trying to go on YouTube but there is no good explanations

zealous siren May 3, 2020, 12:42 AM

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unittest has ton of documentation, not sure if it's best for web testing

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you will have to build requests to rest endpoints

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which is why I use Powershell

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that's built in for me

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good rest testing should throw a simple sanity check at it

viral sphinx May 3, 2020, 12:45 AM

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Thanks bro

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Appreciate it

zealous siren May 3, 2020, 12:46 AM

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def get_json_data(uri: str) -> dict:
    """Returns JSON Data in dict format"""
    try:
        response = urllib.request.urlopen(uri,timeout=60)
        urldata = response.read().decode("utf-8","ignore")
        jsondata = json.loads(urldata)
        return jsondata
    except:
        return None``` Quick and dirty hit URI and get rest method back, if it fails, return None

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needs import json import urllib.request

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as someone who is at a company that builds REST API for a living, my recommend I picked up from them was making a ping function on your rest API that touchs some of our other functions for quick sanity check

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if any of them return false, barf HTTP Exception 503, makes monitoring really easy

native tide May 3, 2020, 1:14 AM

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@molten kite Try asking your electron.js question here

molten kite May 3, 2020, 1:14 AM

#

thank you @native tide

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anyone here works with Electron.js?

native tide May 3, 2020, 1:16 AM

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Go ahead and ask your full question

#

!ask

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#

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• Don't ask to ask your question, just go ahead and tell us your problem.
• Don't ask if anyone is knowledgeable in some area, filtering serves no purpose.
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native tide May 3, 2020, 1:29 AM

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@outer apex ```python
from django.db import migrations, models

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

dependencies = [
    ('contacts', '0001_initial'),
]

operations = [
    migrations.RenameField(
        model_name='contact',
        old_name='first_name',
        new_name='fname',
    ),
]

that is my custom migrations file that i had to create

molten kite May 3, 2020, 1:36 AM

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So im starting with Electron.js and I dont actually know if its the css which is kinda empty or I have to configure it but any ouput from the html + css doesn't extend fully in the screen.

📎 unknown.png

native tide May 3, 2020, 1:39 AM

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it's gotta have something to do with the html and/or css

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why do you think it should extend fully in the screen in the first place?

molten kite May 3, 2020, 1:41 AM

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ok take a look into other electron js app for example:

📎 unknown.png

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the content is extended, I tried with padding and other css variables but still doesnt extend to the full screen.

native tide May 3, 2020, 1:53 AM

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i know nothing about electron.js 😦 you'd be better off asking in the webdev discord

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i think reddit has one /r/webdev

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but it's definitely the html/css for sure

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as javascript is just for interaction

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although maybe it's something you do in electron.js that alters the html/css

native root May 3, 2020, 2:05 AM

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It's definitely something to do with your css

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IIRC by default electrons <html> and <body> elements cover the entire horizontal space, but maybe not vertical

molten kite May 3, 2020, 2:14 AM

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thank you!

molten kite May 3, 2020, 2:55 AM

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IIRC by default electrons <html> and <body> elements cover the entire horizontal space, but maybe not vertical
@native root I feel dumb it was in front off my eyes all the time. lmao thanks anyways

velvet sluice May 3, 2020, 4:17 AM

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In django, is the norm to use class based views or function based views?

marsh canyon May 3, 2020, 4:26 AM

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any works, but I prefer class based views as there are some pre-built ones which can be quite useful

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like listview, detailview, etc

velvet sluice May 3, 2020, 4:27 AM

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I see. So I assume there is no standard, just depends on what the company (or should I say engineering team) prefers?

marsh canyon May 3, 2020, 4:36 AM

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kinda but class based views are cleaner as well

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as each section is split into methods

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like 1 method for get requests, and another method of post request, etc

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more info here

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https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/class-based-views/

Class-based views | Django documentation | Django

velvet sluice May 3, 2020, 4:38 AM

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oof I can see how it's much better than if request.method == 'GET' and etc.

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Awesome, thank you! @marsh canyon

marsh canyon May 3, 2020, 4:38 AM

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yep

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have a good day

velvet sluice May 3, 2020, 4:38 AM

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🙂

supple loom May 3, 2020, 6:00 AM

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https://paste.pythondiscord.com/rutetijile.py

can anyone see why i am getting empty list as response however one similar function is returning a list as requested just fine. Thanks.

supple loom May 3, 2020, 6:16 AM

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okay so the problem is i am entering data in my db manually but it's not updating

tired root May 3, 2020, 7:44 AM

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are you committing?

#

@supple loom

supple loom May 3, 2020, 12:04 PM

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it gives error when i apply

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it's not giving any error now ..i just restarted

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 12:53 PM

#

Hello, I'm wondering of how I could get this piece of code but inside a FlaskForm? ```
{% for genre in genres %}
<option value="{{ genre.name }}">{{ genre.name }}</option>
{% endfor %}


thats inside my html file which contains my jinja2 syntax

This is my form

class VideoForm(FlaskForm):
"""New Genre Form."""
title = StringField('Title', validators=[validators.Length(min=3, max=75)])
# genre = SelectField('Genre', [DataRequired()],
# choices=[Genre.query.all()])
description = StringField('Description', validators=[validators.Length(min=10, max=250)])
video_file = FileField('File')
submit = SubmitField('Upload')


I'm trying to render the choices for genre as dropdowns.

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:18 PM

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form.genre.choices = [ (genre,genre) for genre in genres ]

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and genre should be before adding choices something like this genre= SelectField("Genre", choices=[], validators=[DataRequired()])

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@cerulean pelican

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so for the first one form.genre.choices you will put this at the function where you want to add choices and form here stand for whatever variable you give it the value of the class Videoform()

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:23 PM

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So what would my jinja 2 syntax look like? @feral minnow

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:24 PM

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if you mean the html file

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:24 PM

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yea

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:25 PM

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you will put this {{ form.hidden_tag() }} {{ form.genre }} in the template that you want the selectfield to be shown to the user

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:26 PM

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what is form.hidden_tag?

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:27 PM

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its something for the csrf_token like secuirty I don't know much about it I just put it in my forms

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I think it will generate a hidden csrf_token

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:28 PM

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ahh okay

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lemme try it out 1 second

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its empty

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this is my code

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video_form = VideoForm() video_form.genre.choices = [(genre, genre) for genre in Genre.query.all()]

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class VideoForm(FlaskForm):
    """New Genre Form."""
    title = StringField('Title', validators=[validators.Length(min=3, max=75)])
    genre = SelectField('Genre', [DataRequired()],
                        choices=[])

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and it also doesnt look anything like my other dropdown

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feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:31 PM

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wait what Genre stand for?

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Genre.query.all()

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:33 PM

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Genre is a model

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class Genre(db.Model):
    __tablename__ = "genres"

    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    name = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False)

    def __repr__(self):
        return '<Genre %r>' % self.name

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:33 PM

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ohh

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do you have anything in databases?

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:34 PM

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Yes

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feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:35 PM

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but you want to get the id or the name?

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:35 PM

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name

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wait

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ik the reason

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for why its not working

cyan flicker May 3, 2020, 2:36 PM

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what website would you recommend to use to make my own website?

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godaddy is a no no

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:36 PM

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Namecheap

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@feral minnow fixed it but it still doesnt look like my other dropdown

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feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:37 PM

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oh can I see you code

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:37 PM

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feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:37 PM

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for the html and form

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:37 PM

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sure

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                    <div class="form-group">
                      <p class="help-text">
                        Video Genre
                      </p>
                      {{ form.genre(class_="custom-select", name_="video-genre") }}
                      <select class="custom-select" name="video-genre">
                        <option value="0" disabled selected>Select Genre</option>
                        <option value="Test">Test</option>
                      </select>
                    </div>

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class VideoForm(FlaskForm):
    """New Genre Form."""
    title = StringField('Title', validators=[validators.Length(min=3, max=75)])
    genre = SelectField('Genre', [DataRequired()],
                        choices=[])
    description = StringField('Description', validators=[validators.Length(min=10, max=250)])
    video_file = FileField('File')
    submit = SubmitField('Upload')

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:38 PM

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so now its adding the values but you want it to edit the style i believe?

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:38 PM

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yes

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I want it to look like this one

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Right now its like this

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feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:39 PM

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oh give me a sec let me see my code

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:39 PM

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aight 🙂

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:40 PM

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                    <form method="post" name="ch"   action="#choose-start" style="margin: 0 auto;">
                        {{form.hidden_tag()}}
                        {{ form.startChapter(class="custom-select") }}         
                    <div class="input-group-append">
                               <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="sumbit">Start Chapter</button>
                      </div>
                      </form>
                </div>

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so in my code I put it in a form which is inside a div

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and added the bootstrap classes that I want

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are you using bootstrap btw or you just styling it yourself?

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:42 PM

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Bootstrap

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How would I assign a name variable to my genre field?

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e.g name="video-genre"

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:45 PM

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you mean the value

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:45 PM

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ye

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because I tried this

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{{ form.genre(class_="custom-select", name_="video-genre") }}

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but it doesnt recognize the name_="video-genre"

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:45 PM

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ohhh

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:45 PM

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but this select

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has it

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<select class="custom-select" name="video-genre">

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:45 PM

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you wanna get what user choose?

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:46 PM

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the name="video-genre" is a styling part i believe

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fixed it

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nvm

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Thanks for all your help (:

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:47 PM

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Welcome,glad to help 😄

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:47 PM

#

But I still have a problem with one of my models

#

I have this inside my Video model

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genre = db.Column('Genre', backref='video_genre', lazy=True)

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and it gives me this error

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TypeError: Additional arguments should be named <dialectname>_<argument>, got 'backref'

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class Genre(db.Model):
    __tablename__ = "genres"

    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    name = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False)

    def __repr__(self):
        return '<Genre %r>' % self.name

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Genre model

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:48 PM

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one sec

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try adding def __init__: self.name

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in your class

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:49 PM

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to which model?

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or class

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:49 PM

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databases class

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:49 PM

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Huh?

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:50 PM

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    __tablename__ = "genres"

    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    name = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False)
    def __init__:
        self.name = name
    def __repr__(self):
        return '<Genre %r>' % self.name```

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:50 PM

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oh in there okay

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do i just put self.name?

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def init(self):
self.name

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:51 PM

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you have to give it a value which is name

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:51 PM

#

still get the same error

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TypeError: Additional arguments should be named <dialectname>_<argument>, got 'backref'

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class Genre(db.Model):
    def __init__(self):
        video_genre = self.name

    __tablename__ = "genres"

    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    name = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False)

    def __repr__(self):
        return '<Genre %r>' % self.name

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:52 PM

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put it under the Colums and I forget to tell you that you need to add def __init__(self,name)

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:53 PM

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class Genre(db.Model):
    __tablename__ = "genres"

    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    name = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False)

    def __init__(self, name):
        name = self.name

    def __repr__(self):
        return '<Genre %r>' % self.name

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:54 PM

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its must be self.name = name so you will set the self.name to the value name

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:54 PM

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still same error

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TypeError: Additional arguments should be named <dialectname>_<argument>, got 'backref'

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:55 PM

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From where the error is coming?

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:55 PM

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genre = db.Column('Genre', backref='video_genre', lazy=True)

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:56 PM

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You have to classes for databases?

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:56 PM

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what do you mean

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:56 PM

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I mean im not seeing ```genre = db.Column('Genre', backref='video_genre', lazy=True)

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https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/6xlezy/fk_constraint_with_on_delete_in_sqlalchemymariadb/

r/learnprogramming - FK Constraint with ON DELETE in SQLAlchemy+Mar...

5 votes and 2 comments so far on Reddit

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 2:58 PM

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that genre = db.column

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is on the video

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model

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class Video(db.Model):
    __tablename__ = 'videos'

    # Values which are important
    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    title = db.Column(db.String(100), unique=False, nullable=False)
    description = db.Column(db.String(250), unique=False, nullable=True)
    views = db.Column(db.Integer, default=0, nullable=True)
    genre = db.Column('Genre', backref='video_genre', lazy=True)

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class Genre(db.Model):
    __tablename__ = "genres"

    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    name = db.Column(db.String(50), nullable=False)

    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name

    def __repr__(self):
        return '<Genre %r>' % self.name

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sorry if it was a bit confusing

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 2:59 PM

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im not too good with databases so what backref does here?

cerulean pelican May 3, 2020, 3:00 PM

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not completely sure, I copied it from a example

feral minnow May 3, 2020, 3:02 PM

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oh

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So I don't wanna say something I don't know and break your code but try to delete if it didn't work try ask people at #databases

solar hatch May 3, 2020, 4:04 PM

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Has anybody use heroku before

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Or now

sudden crest May 3, 2020, 4:04 PM

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yes i'm sure almost everyone here has

solar hatch May 3, 2020, 4:08 PM

#

How does free hosting works

#

@sudden crest

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Is it limited or unlimited

sudden crest May 3, 2020, 4:08 PM

#

what

solar hatch May 3, 2020, 4:08 PM

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Heroku free hosting

sudden crest May 3, 2020, 4:09 PM

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solar hatch May 3, 2020, 4:09 PM

#

What is Dyno

sudden crest May 3, 2020, 4:09 PM

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i would highly recommend at least reading the pricing page of a host you plan to use

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solar hatch May 3, 2020, 4:12 PM

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Oh

sudden crest May 3, 2020, 4:26 PM

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why is installing and using uwsgi with python so goddamn painful

native tide May 3, 2020, 4:53 PM

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I have a problem with Jinja and Flask-wtf: Is it possible to use a variable inside a variable?
``` {% if pre_keyword %}
{{ form.keyword(class_="single-input-primary", value="{{pre_keyword}}") }}

                    {% else %}
                {{ form.keyword(class_="single-input-primary") }}
                    {% endif %}

In this case I check if the variable pre_keyword is passed to the template. if it exists the input field should be prepopulated with it -> value = {{ pre_keyword }}
Unfortunately it literally renders "{{pre_keyword}}" in the template since the whole input is a variable
how can i prefill the form with a variable?

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This is my SearchForm:

    place = StringField('place', render_kw={"placeholder": "City / District / Address"}, validators=[DataRequired("Please enter a place.")])
    radius = IntegerField('radius', render_kw={"placeholder": "Radius in [m]"}, validators=[DataRequired("Please enter a number between 1 and 100000"), NumberRange(min=1, max=100000)])
    keyword = StringField('keyword', render_kw={"placeholder": "Keyword"}, validators=[DataRequired("Please enter a keyword.")])
    submit = SubmitField("Search")```

native tide May 3, 2020, 5:33 PM

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solved in help-iron

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just needed value=pre_keyword instead of {{pre_keyword}}

native tide May 3, 2020, 5:55 PM

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@tired root

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https://jsfiddle.net/acz4dptm/

help pls - JSFiddle - Code Playground

Test your JavaScript, CSS, HTML or CoffeeScript online with JSFiddle code editor.

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i am inheriting from base.html

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and the main webpage is home.html

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i added both to jsfiddle

tired root May 3, 2020, 5:57 PM

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works fine in chrome

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firefox is also ok

native tide May 3, 2020, 5:57 PM

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try using it on a device toolbar

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for example an iphone 6

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when u press the menu it goes behind the picture

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the poster

tired root May 3, 2020, 5:58 PM

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I am, I am resizing the result window

native tide May 3, 2020, 5:58 PM

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did it work?

tired root May 3, 2020, 5:58 PM

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oh the menu

native tide May 3, 2020, 5:58 PM

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the hamburger

tired root May 3, 2020, 5:59 PM

#

Fixed it

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nav ul{
  float: right;
  margin-right: 60px;
  z-index: 9999;
}```

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with the z-index the menu will stay on top of things

native tide May 3, 2020, 6:00 PM

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it messed up the look on desktop

tired root May 3, 2020, 6:01 PM

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use a media query

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and do that only for small screens

native tide May 3, 2020, 6:01 PM

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how do i do that? (sorry i am a newbie)

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i only know the bootstrap stuff

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i am new to css

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ok

tired root May 3, 2020, 6:02 PM

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This will apply the z-index on screens not wider than 720px

native tide May 3, 2020, 6:02 PM

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Ok

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do i leave the other nav ul?

tired root May 3, 2020, 6:02 PM

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yes

native tide May 3, 2020, 6:03 PM

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  float: right;
  margin-right: 60px;
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 720px) {
nav ul{
  float: right;
  margin-right: 60px;
  z-index: 9999;
}
}```

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ok

tired root May 3, 2020, 6:03 PM

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Mhh, you can also use an extra selector

#

Probably cleaner

#

nav ul{
  float: right;
  margin-right: 60px;
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 720px) {
.on-top{
  z-index: 9999;
}
}```

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then add on-top as class to the <ul> element

native tide May 3, 2020, 6:04 PM

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ok

#

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#

still :/

tired root May 3, 2020, 6:06 PM

#

Do you have <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> in the header?

native tide May 3, 2020, 6:06 PM

#

      <input type="checkbox" id="check">
      <label for="check" class="checkbtn">
        <i class="fas fa-bars"></i>
      </label>
      <label class="logo">Flixnet</label>
      <ul class="on-top">
<li><a class="active" href="#">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Projects</a></li>
<li><a href="#">About</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
<li><a href="#">YouTube & Discord</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>```

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yes i do have it

tired root May 3, 2020, 6:08 PM

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It's fine in my preview

#

with the changes added

native tide May 3, 2020, 6:08 PM

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i will try to restart the django server

#

still

#

maybe because my laptop screen?

tired root May 3, 2020, 6:09 PM

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wait you already have a media query which breaks at 858px

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add the on-top class to that and remove the new one

native tide May 3, 2020, 6:09 PM

#

how?

tired root May 3, 2020, 6:10 PM

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just add it to the media query you already have

#

I mean, you wrote it, you must understand it

native tide May 3, 2020, 6:10 PM

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it was a snippet

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and i was modifying it

tired root May 3, 2020, 6:10 PM

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then please learn some basic css first

native tide May 3, 2020, 6:10 PM

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i do not understand what should i do

#

sorry

tired root May 3, 2020, 6:11 PM

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@media (max-width: 858px){
  
  .on-top{
    z-index: 9999;
  }```

native tide May 3, 2020, 6:11 PM

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Okay

tired root May 3, 2020, 6:11 PM

#

Seriously, learn css from scratch

native tide May 3, 2020, 6:11 PM

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Okay 😂

#

ok it now works thanks!

grizzled crescent May 3, 2020, 6:37 PM

#

Hello, i M developping a website with django and I want to use JavaScript to make forms without refresh. I M beginner with js. Can you advise me to do this task ?

native tide May 3, 2020, 7:42 PM

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how do i make them 4 columns in 1 row?

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also that white space

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native tide May 3, 2020, 9:54 PM

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@native tide using boostrap ?

cold socket May 3, 2020, 10:52 PM

#

Hey guys

#

What is the best Flask application/file structure?

native tide May 3, 2020, 11:03 PM

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@native tide its OK I fixed it, also yes I was using bootstrap

native tide May 4, 2020, 4:00 AM

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return redirect('contacts:login')

the above code works fine, but if i remove contacts:, and leave only login in there, it stops working. why?
here is my route:

path('login/', views.loginPage, name='login'),

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p.s. contacts is the name of my app

onyx crane May 4, 2020, 4:08 AM

#

Django
How can i change the 'selected' choices of a ChoiceField in a ModelForm through JS?
I added the "selected" class to the parenting list element, which is all a natural selection does. Still it does not get displayed in the field and does not get used when i submitt the form.
Also. Could i not visibly render a choicefield but still have it "there" ?

hollow root May 4, 2020, 6:24 AM

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@onyx crane for your first issue, i don't exactly understand the question. for the second question you can use hidden form fields

Django
I have a mapping for a API and my DB that looks like this

# my db field: the api field
DEVICE_STORE = {
    'device_stores_id':'id',
    'name':'name',
    'description':'description',
    'record_status':'recordStatus',
}

My model for this looks like follows

class DeviceStores(models.Model):
    device_stores_id = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    description = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    record_status = models.CharField(max_length=255)

i do a get or create when i get the object like this at the moment

obj, created = models.DeviceStores.objects.get_or_create(
                device_stores_id=item['id'],
                name=item['name'],
                description=item['description'],
                record_status=item['recordStatus'],
            )

Is there a way i can do some sort of mapping or transform the API response to map to the correct item from the mapping contsants i created above.

polar nova May 4, 2020, 8:01 AM

#

@native tide set display: flex

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make your container's display flex

#

or use bootstrap and add d-flex to classes div

#

or use grid system bro

proud dome May 4, 2020, 11:35 AM

#

Guys I am quite new to wordpress php and the likes and I have a question:

When I create a child theme folder in WP, do I have to copy all files from the parent folder or are they created automatically? I.e. my folder contains style.css functions.php and some other folders but not footer.php, I then changed the footer in WP editor and expected it to create a new folder in my child theme root directory, but it did not. It also did not overwrite the parent footer.php --- where is the data stored then?

solar hatch May 4, 2020, 1:01 PM

#

What is the difference of writing flask rest api for a Todo and doing it the normal way

#

Are there any disadvantages

#

I know this is a stupid question

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:27 PM

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YES

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:27 PM

#

guys

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:27 PM

#

ya

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:27 PM

#

is there a tutorial to upload images through flask into a server?

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:28 PM

#

idk

#

wait

#

u are using flask

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:28 PM

#

yeah

#

i'm developing a prototype of a social media

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:28 PM

#

i just started like 5 min ago

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:28 PM

#

ah alright

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:28 PM

#

thats cool

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:28 PM

#

yeah

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:28 PM

#

i had a diffrent website

#

but that was in html

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:29 PM

#

html is the front-end

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:29 PM

#

i am beter in python so i did it in python

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:29 PM

#

for the front-end you use flask for back-end

#

you have to use both

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:29 PM

#

https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/1.1.x/patterns/fileuploads/

#

ya ik

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:30 PM

#

oh thanks i'll try to do it following this tutorial

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:30 PM

#

lmao

#

wait

#

how do i make a button

#

that takes me to discord

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:31 PM

#

oh you can do <a href="https://discordapp.com/"> type something here </a>

#

that will be a text but you can turn it into a button by bootstrap

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:32 PM

#

ok

#

so
import bootstrap

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:32 PM

#

the aesthetic like a button, you can import bootstrap by putting this into the head

#

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-Vkoo8x4CGsO3+Hhxv8T/Q5PaXtkKtu6ug5TOeNV6gBiFeWPGFN9MuhOf23Q9Ifjh" crossorigin="anonymous">

#

and this at the bottom before closing the body

#

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/popper.js@1.16.0/dist/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-Q6E9RHvbIyZFJoft+2mJbHaEWldlvI9IOYy5n3zV9zzTtmI3UksdQRVvoxMfooAo" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-wfSDF2E50Y2D1uUdj0O3uMBJnjuUD4Ih7YwaYd1iqfktj0Uod8GCExl3Og8ifwB6" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>```

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:34 PM

#

UH ok

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:34 PM

#

then

#

besides href at "a" tag you can put the class parameter

#

like that class="btn btn-primary"

#

https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.0/components/buttons/

Buttons

Use Bootstrap’s custom button styles for actions in forms, dialogs, and more with support for multiple sizes, states, and more.

#

there are all the buttons that you can use

#

through bootstrap

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:36 PM

#

ok

#


from flask import Flask, redirect, url_for

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/")
def home():
    return "Hello! this is the main page <h1>HELLO<h1>"

@app.route("/<name>")
def user(name):
    return f"Hello {name}!"

@app.route("/admin")
def admin():
    return redirect(url_for("user", name="Admin!"))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()

#

lmao this is all i have

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:38 PM

#

it's okay you will get improved, i'm also very noob lol

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:38 PM

#

lmao

#

File "website.py", line 20
return f"<button type="button" class="btn btn-link">Link</button>"
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

#

@app.route("/Test")
def test():
    return f"<button type="button" class="btn btn-link">Link</button>"

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:40 PM

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mmm i advise you to create a "templates" folder

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and create a html page into it

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:40 PM

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ok

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how

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:40 PM

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create a template folder into the folder of your app in which you are programming

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then create something like "index.html"

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into it put all the html code

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then into the route test

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add at the bottom return render_template('index.html')

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:41 PM

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ok how do i call the file

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oh

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:41 PM

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you can call the file how you want

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from flask import Flask, redirect, url_for

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here add also render_template so

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from flask import Flask, redirect, url_for, render_template

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:42 PM

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add this to the main page or the index

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:42 PM

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this to the main page into the back end

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you just have to add render_template besides the other things

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:44 PM

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📎 2020-05-04-094405_1024x768_scrot.png

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like this

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:44 PM

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create a folder in that folder

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:44 PM

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oh

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:44 PM

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name it "templates"

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:44 PM

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ok

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:44 PM

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then put index.html into it

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:45 PM

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ok

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and for the index.html i put
<button type="button" class="btn btn-link">Link</button>
in it

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:46 PM

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yeah but you have to put the html code as well so

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:46 PM

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wdym

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:47 PM

#

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and put that button between the body tags

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btw from which tutorial you're learning flask?

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:48 PM

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uh tec with tim

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and others

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<doctype HTML>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-link">Link</button>
</body>
</html>

like this

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:48 PM

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yeah it's fine now you can do

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:48 PM

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ok

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:48 PM

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return render_template('index.html')

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at the bottom of the route test

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:49 PM

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ok

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from flask import Flask, redirect, url_for

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route("/")
def home():
    return "Hello! this is the main page <h1>HELLO<h1>"

@app.route("/<name>")
def user(name):
    return f"Hello {name}!"

@app.route("/admin")
def admin():
    return redirect(url_for("user", name="Admin!"))

@app.route("/test")
def test():
    return render_template('index.html')

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:49 PM

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yes it's good

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:50 PM

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http://127.0.0.1:5000/test

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Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there is an error in the application.

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:50 PM

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it is in localhost i cannot see it

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:50 PM

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ik

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i am showing u i am at the page

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:50 PM

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mm is there a debug?

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by the way you have to add

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render_template besides url_for

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where you have from flask import etc

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:51 PM

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hmm

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:51 PM

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you have to put another comma and type there render_template

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:51 PM

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uh ok

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:51 PM

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📎 unknown.png

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i mean here

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:52 PM

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ok

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i do

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:53 PM

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try to run now

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:53 PM

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kk

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same error

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wait

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do i need to , render

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:54 PM

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mm

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no you need to

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:54 PM

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ok

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:55 PM

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"from flask import Flask, redirect, url_for, render_template" instead of "from flask import Flask, redirect, url_for"

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:55 PM

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from flask import Flask, redirect, url_for, render

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:55 PM

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render_template

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not just render

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:55 PM

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YES

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how do i postion on the page

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:56 PM

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mmm position what?

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:57 PM

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the button

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:58 PM

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where is it?

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 1:58 PM

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top left

cloud path May 4, 2020, 1:58 PM

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try to <center> before it and </center> after it

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 2:00 PM

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<doctype HTML>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-link">Link</button>
</center>
</body>
</html>

cloud path May 4, 2020, 2:00 PM

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yeah

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 2:01 PM

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ok

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i am sorry but how do i make it mid center
it is no top center

cloud path May 4, 2020, 2:02 PM

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mm i don't know the right tag but try to put three or four <br> after <center> tag

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 2:02 PM

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uh ok

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<doctype HTML>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<br>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-link">Link</button>
</br>
</center>
</body>
</html>

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like that

cloud path May 4, 2020, 2:03 PM

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there's no need to close the br tag

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you can do just <br>

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put like three of them

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 2:04 PM

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ok

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<doctype HTML>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<br><br><br>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-link">Link</button>
</center>
</body>
</html>

cloud path May 4, 2020, 2:04 PM

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yeah it's good

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 2:05 PM

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ok

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ok so if i want to move it down a bit i put more <br>

cloud path May 4, 2020, 2:06 PM

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yeah technically

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 2:08 PM

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ok

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thanks so much for ur help

cloud path May 4, 2020, 2:10 PM

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no problem!

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 2:10 PM

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well what does ur website look like

cloud path May 4, 2020, 2:10 PM

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i'm using a free-use template

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i'm just coding the backend

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 2:11 PM

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oh

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ok

cloud path May 4, 2020, 2:11 PM

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it is a bit long but not so much xp

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 2:12 PM

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ok

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wait

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i just forgot what i was going to say

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would django be easyer

cloud path May 4, 2020, 2:18 PM

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mm i think django is more complex than flask

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i heard that

molten kite May 4, 2020, 2:23 PM

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it is, flask is more flexible at most times and doesnt follow like a pipeline on how to do it I believe

zealous siren May 4, 2020, 2:28 PM

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flask is more lightweight which can mean simpler

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or it can make life very hard because you are manually doing things that Django could do for you

tender crater May 4, 2020, 2:30 PM

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Agree with @zealous siren, Flask forces you to learn to build things that are built-in in Django

zealous siren May 4, 2020, 2:34 PM

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DJango is best for building bigger website where you don't want to write a ton of HTML, Flask is better for smaller ones or where you will be embedding, FastAPI for where you simply building REST APIs for SPAs

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that's generic recommendation, obviously every use case varies

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 2:39 PM

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Guys how I can upload a zipfile

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using flask

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I tried send_from_directory and send_file

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but they are not working

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def upload():#Send files
    print("hi")
    path=session["file_path"]
    dirPath=os.path.dirname(path)#Get the path for the dir


    baseName=os.path.basename(path)#The file name
    return send_from_directory (os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(path)),f"{path}.zip", attachment_filename=f"{path}.zip", as_attachment=True)```

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 2:41 PM

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uh people how do i make a button clickable

tender crater May 4, 2020, 2:42 PM

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@ember kayak what do you mean?

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 2:42 PM

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like i can click it

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<doctype HTML>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
<button type="button" class="btn btn-link">Discord</button>
</center>
</body>
</html>

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where do i put the link

tender crater May 4, 2020, 2:44 PM

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I would personally go for something like

<a href="http://www.discord.com/"><button>Discord</button></a>

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 2:45 PM

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ok

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how do i clolor the button

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 2:47 PM

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you mean the button?

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 2:47 PM

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yes

tender crater May 4, 2020, 2:47 PM

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@ember kayak https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_text_color.asp

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 2:48 PM

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ok

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in html not css

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 2:48 PM

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you can style it inline

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 2:48 PM

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?

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 2:49 PM

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ember kayak May 4, 2020, 2:49 PM

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like with #1efi34

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 2:49 PM

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yes

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you can put it there i believe

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 2:50 PM

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ok

knotty seal May 4, 2020, 2:50 PM

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Another flask question :)
Is there a way to access the label from a SelectField to output?

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e.g. I have the SelectField py milk_type = SelectField("Milk", choices = [("fullCream", "Full Cream"), ("hilo", "Hi-Lo"), ("skim", "Skim"), ("almond", "Almond"), ("soy", "Soy"), ("none", "None")])

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After the user has selected their milk type, I want to output to a table in another view function.

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At present, it's displaying the value, rather than the label

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 2:52 PM

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you mean you want to get data to another function?

knotty seal May 4, 2020, 2:52 PM

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I can do that

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@app.route("/order", methods=["GET", "POST"])
def order():
  myData = session["coffeeData"]
  print(myData)
  return render_template("order.html", data=myData)

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 2:52 PM

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you want to get what user choose and display it as a label?

knotty seal May 4, 2020, 2:53 PM

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So - myData is the input that the user has made. I am sending it to order.html which is just a table at present.

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Output is as follows:

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So rather than having flatWhite and fullCream being output, I want "Flat White" and "Full Cream"

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Which are the labels from the different SelectFields

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At present I am saving the inputs as a list. Would it be better as a dictionary?

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 2:57 PM

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It depends at what your trying to do

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but if it will make the code more cleaner this would be nice

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But dict really help it saved me 60 line of code or more

knotty seal May 4, 2020, 2:58 PM

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lol. That would have annoyed me... 60 lines of code.

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Okay. So at present I am saving the user input as: py session["coffeeData"] = [coffeeForm.drink_type.data, coffeeForm.milk_type.data, coffeeForm.sugar.data, coffeeForm.extras.data, coffeeForm.email.data, coffeeForm.username.data, coffeeForm.payment.data]

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 3:01 PM

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If you want to make a dict you can add a key for every value e.g {"drink_type":drink_type.data}

knotty seal May 4, 2020, 3:03 PM

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True, but I just realised that won't help. Am I allowed to say [coffeeForm.drink_type.label] instead of [coffeeForm.drink_type.data] ?

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 3:04 PM

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I don't know actually

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but try to google it

knotty seal May 4, 2020, 3:04 PM

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I just tested. You can, but it didn't work the way I wanted

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milk_type = SelectField("Milk", choices = [("fullCream", "Full Cream"), ("hilo", "Hi-Lo"), ("skim", "Skim"), ("almond", "Almond"), ("soy", "Soy"), ("none", "None")])

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The label is "Milk"

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 3:06 PM

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If you want to put what user choose as label you can do this return render_template("coffe",label=coffeForm.drink_type.data)
html:

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knotty seal May 4, 2020, 3:15 PM

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@feral minnow - I have figured it out. It was more simple than I expected

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drink_type = SelectField("Drink", choices=[("Flat White", "Flat White"), ("Cappucino", "Cappucino"), ("Black", "Black"), ("Mocha", "Mocha"), ("Hot Chocolate", "Hot Chocolate")])

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 3:17 PM

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Cool,you just changed the names?

knotty seal May 4, 2020, 3:20 PM

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Yeah

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feral minnow May 4, 2020, 3:25 PM

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nice

knotty seal May 4, 2020, 3:26 PM

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Now to make it a little bit pretty and add pricing 😛

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I am wondering if it would be better to just use bootstrap

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 3:30 PM

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For design yes

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I use in my website without it my website will look like websites in 1999

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but if you're a very good designer this is another thing

knotty seal May 4, 2020, 3:35 PM

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I'm horrible at design. I may be good one day.

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Do you use FontAwesome ?

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 3:36 PM

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nope, is it a framework like bootstrap?

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oh i just searched for it, its something used with bootstrap

knotty seal May 4, 2020, 3:39 PM

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Yeah. Icons and stuff

supple loom May 4, 2020, 3:39 PM

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which commad do we run after git add . ?

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 3:40 PM

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im not sure but maybe git commit

supple loom May 4, 2020, 3:42 PM

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okay

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 3:46 PM

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Uploading zipfiles is workinggg

supple loom May 4, 2020, 3:58 PM

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what do i wanna put in my .gitignore file if i want to ignore a directory inside my project directory?

tired root May 4, 2020, 4:10 PM

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folder/**

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but that is what #tools-and-devops is for

supple loom May 4, 2020, 4:11 PM

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okay ..thanks

onyx crane May 4, 2020, 4:22 PM

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$(".learn_talent").on('click', function(event){
                    
                    if ($("option:contains('" + this.name + "')").is(":selected")){
                        $("option:contains('" + this.name + "')").removeAttr('selected');
                        $(this).parent().parent().attr('class', 'card hoverable blue-grey darken-1');
                        alert("?2");
                    }
                    else if (!$("option:contains('" + this.name + "')").is(":selected")){
                        $("option:contains('" + this.name + "')").attr("selected", true);
                        $(this).parent().parent().attr('class', 'card hoverable blue-grey darken-3');
                        alert("?1");
                    }  
                });

Just quickly need a second pair of eyes to spot the obvious ...
I want to select and unselect an option. This works fine once(select, unselect, select) but then im stuck in the else if for some reason and i can't figure out why

queen bough May 4, 2020, 6:21 PM

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@onyx crane Not sure, but how can you check if !...is(":selected") if you remove the attribute?

onyx crane May 4, 2020, 6:23 PM

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previously i had the attribute set to false, but that ended in the exact same behaviour

viral sphinx May 4, 2020, 6:23 PM

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Anybody familiar with Wordpress?

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I’m trying to host only a database on their and connect it to my website that is on another server(Heroku)

onyx crane May 4, 2020, 6:24 PM

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$(".learn_talent").on('click', function(event){

                    if ($("option:contains('" + this.name + "')").is(":selected")){
                        //$("option:contains('" + this.name + "')").removeAttr('selected');
                        $("option:contains('" + this.name + "')").attr("selected", false);
                        $(this).parent().parent().attr('class', 'card hoverable blue-grey darken-1');
                    }
                    else if (!$("option:contains('" + this.name + "')").is(":selected")){
                        $("option:contains('" + this.name + "')").attr("selected", true);
                        $(this).parent().parent().attr('class', 'card hoverable blue-grey darken-3'); 
                    }  
                });

viral sphinx May 4, 2020, 6:24 PM

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Is that possible?

queen bough May 4, 2020, 6:25 PM

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@onyx crane Why not if/else? Is there a third/multiple case(s)?

onyx crane May 4, 2020, 6:27 PM

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@queen bough if/else had the same issue. I was wondering if i just missed a case with else and used a second conditional.

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<option value="1" selected="selected">Bogen-Talent</option>

This is where it's stuck

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and normally by clicking the button again, it unselects again

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i just cant see a reason why it would work once but not twice

queen bough May 4, 2020, 6:32 PM

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Can you post the full learn_talent element?

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@onyx crane ^

onyx crane May 4, 2020, 6:37 PM

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<div class="card-action">
   <button class="waves-effect waves-light btn learn_talent" name={{talent.talent_name}}>Erlernen</button>
</div>

The other classes are just css styling classes from a framework

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i iterate over model instances, create a card with a button, and every button on every card calls the method to modify its parenting card, and add the responding element to the selection of my <select> field

queen bough May 4, 2020, 6:41 PM

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Can you create a minimal demo with just the failing elements so that I can quickly test a few things? I think this is an issue with the selectors or (less likely) that the click event isn't being called as you assume.

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@onyx crane ^

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Pardon me if you've already seen it.

onyx crane May 4, 2020, 6:54 PM

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no actually i didnt :D

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mb

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Actually im not sure how to create a minimal demo for this reall quick, since there are so many dependent things involved in this view.
Would you want to hop into a stream and id show you what i got ?

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(@queen bough , thanks already for the effort :) much appreciated)

queen bough May 4, 2020, 6:57 PM

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Stream?

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Sure, I've only got ~10 mins though.

onyx crane May 4, 2020, 6:58 PM

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np

limber island May 4, 2020, 7:49 PM

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Would this Be a Good place to ask for help in regard to Processing a JSON array returned by an http request?

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Basically I'm pigning an API endpoint and I can get what I need from a single array item, but I need the Data from every item in the array so I can biuld a tuple

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I fugired out how to iterate the arry, but not how to make it construct a tuple

rustic pebble May 4, 2020, 7:57 PM

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Yo, does anybody know of any JS lib I can use to make a datepicker like that?

📎 unknown.png

zealous siren May 4, 2020, 8:06 PM

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wisper, you could construct a list to start then cast into tuple

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it's just matter of python x = tuple(list)

fair agate May 4, 2020, 8:08 PM

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is this the spot to ask about Django?

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 8:10 PM

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@fair agate yes its for web development go on and ask you question (:

fair agate May 4, 2020, 8:12 PM

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sweet! I'm getting a syntax error on this def str(self): I tried to implement and I'm not really sure why as everything looks fine in terms of syntax to me

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i'll paste in

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from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User

class Profile(models.Model):
    user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    image = models.ImageField(default='default.jpg', upload_to='profile_pics'
    def __str__(self):
        return f'{self.user.username} Profile'

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returning syntax error with def highlighted

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oh shit

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no closed ) on the previous line

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my bad

ember kayak May 4, 2020, 9:09 PM

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ok

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so i am useing flask

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i am portforading my computer

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but the link does not work

limber island May 4, 2020, 9:20 PM

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@zealous siren It was an issue with how janky the data structure was, I got it solved in a Help channel

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 10:14 PM

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guys I scrape a website to get a list of img but it put all img elements at one index how i can split them?

native tide May 4, 2020, 10:23 PM

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when to use justify-content ?

feral minnow May 4, 2020, 10:25 PM

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nvm,I created a for loop to itereate over the items then put them into another list

molten kite May 5, 2020, 12:40 AM

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just a random comment: why CSS is so annoying?

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Some times I get frustrated. I rather download a template and modify it than go from zero

summer dirge May 5, 2020, 12:41 AM

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thats what id actually recommend, use a css framework like bootstrap, makes everything so much easier IMO

molten kite May 5, 2020, 12:42 AM

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I'm reading about tailwind css, have you heard about it?

summer dirge May 5, 2020, 12:43 AM

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nope, seems decent tho from a quick look

molten kite May 5, 2020, 12:44 AM

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it is, still getting to know it. can't have a final opinion rn

onyx crane May 5, 2020, 1:56 AM

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<form method='POST'> 
                {% csrf_token %}
                <div class="row">
                    
                    <tr>
                        <th>{{ form.pc_name.label_tag }}</th>
                            <td>
                            {{ form.pc_name.errors }}
                            {{ form.pc_name }}
                            </td>
</tr>```
Im rendering my ModelForm like this currently to get acces on how and where the different form elements are displayed. 
How can i go even further and adjust the classes of the input elements itself instead of just modifying the wrapper around `form.field` ?

elder wyvern May 5, 2020, 4:07 AM

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Hey so I made a simple program that takes api from Spotify to create a playlist. I’m trying to learn framework so I can turn it into my first simple web app. I really only need a home page that lets you authorize through Spotify, maybe a loading screen and then a success page for now. Is flask a better option than Django?

cerulean vapor May 5, 2020, 5:23 AM

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@elder wyvern Flask will be a whole lot less complex than Django for something that basic, yes

shy holly May 5, 2020, 6:24 AM

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ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'import_export'Django
although I did install it
and added to settings
this's so weird

empty pivot May 5, 2020, 8:34 AM

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@shy holly you have to tell us more about the problem you are having

shy holly May 5, 2020, 8:54 AM

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@empty pivot what do u mean ?>.>
I tried to install django-import-export library .
and now I'm getting this error.

empty pivot May 5, 2020, 8:55 AM

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Okay how did you install it?

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Did you do $ pip install django-import-export

native tide May 5, 2020, 9:38 AM

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It's better to master CSS than use a framework

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it's kinda messy with bootstrap

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and if you already know css and want to use a framework you have to learn bootstrap which is a whole nother CSS

shy holly May 5, 2020, 9:58 AM

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Did you do $ pip install django-import-export
@empty pivot YUP

empty pivot May 5, 2020, 10:26 AM

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Share your code here please otherwise it's hard to say what your issue is

molten kite May 5, 2020, 11:49 AM

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and if you already know css and want to use a framework you have to learn bootstrap which is a whole nother CSS
@native tide yeah, it's tedious

proud dome May 5, 2020, 12:01 PM

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📎 Screen_Shot_2020-05-05_at_12.59.58.png

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noob question but

#

what would be the best way to allow for the shadow on the right panel

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to go beyond the margin of the panel?

#

I cant seem to fix that

native tide May 5, 2020, 12:22 PM

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maybe postion absolute?

knotty seal May 5, 2020, 12:37 PM

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I am wondering how you could assign values to items in a SelectField in flask.i.e.

milk_type = SelectField("Milk", choices=[("None", "None"), ("Full Cream", "Full Cream"), ("Hi-Lo", "Hi-Lo"), ("Skim", "Skim"), ("Almond", "Almond"), ("Soy", "Soy")])

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Let's say I wanted to assign a float to each of those items for the price

elder wyvern May 5, 2020, 12:45 PM

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@cerulean vapor thanks. At what point is django a better option than flask?

onyx crane May 5, 2020, 12:50 PM

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Django:
For some reason every button that i have inside my <form> tags is trying to submit the form :D The initial button has the type="submit" and value="Save". The others don't ..

haughty saffron May 5, 2020, 1:13 PM

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How can i make it so when someone goes to an ID (forgot what its called) it highlights the element? e.g if ive got a div element called "part-1" and you go to example.com#part-1, how would i make it change the background colour of the div?

versed sigil May 5, 2020, 1:16 PM

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set up en event listener

haughty saffron May 5, 2020, 1:16 PM

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ok

versed sigil May 5, 2020, 1:20 PM

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youd need to listen for something like mouse click on maybe theres an onEnter event

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then youd call the function to change the color

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using JS

tender crater May 5, 2020, 1:36 PM

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I am working with Jinja2 templates and I need to conditionally apply css attributes. So far I've managed to achieve that by applying condition to element creation:

{%- macro render_listing(listing) -%}
{% if listing["has_highlight"] %}
  <div class="job_listing" type="highlight">
  {% elif listing["has_custom_color"] %}
  <div class="job_listing" type="custom_color" style="background-color:    #00FF00">
  {% else %}
  <div class="job_listing">
{% endif %}
    <span class="job_title">
      {% if listing["has_logo"] %}
        <img src={{ listing["company_logo"] }} id="company_logo">
      {% else %}
        <i class="fas fa-briefcase"></i>
      {% endif %}
      <a href="{{ url_for('board.get_job', job_id=listing['id']) }}">
        {{ listing["title"] }}
      </a>
    </span>
</div>
{%- endmacro -%}

How do I apply conditions in the type attribute? I'd like to cut some stuff and avoid creating a new <div> each condition

cerulean pelican May 5, 2020, 3:12 PM

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Hello, i'm wondering for how I could possibly get the information of a user with jinja2 e.g i have comments which have the user_id of the user who wrote the comment though i dont know how to do a request and get the information of that user

feral minnow May 5, 2020, 3:54 PM

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@cerulean pelican if you can get the id

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then you do ```user_filter = youclassname.query.filter_by(user_id = theuseridfromcomment).first()

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then try doing user_filter.name

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what i said is for sqlite

somber wedge May 5, 2020, 4:11 PM

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Hello

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I was tasked with creating a CMS for our university website using python. I have built a API using flask before. Should I go along with Flask or pickup django?

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I also had a question about which library should I use for using jwt with flask? authlib or python-jose?

tired root May 5, 2020, 4:17 PM

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Just go with what you know

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makes no difference

zealous siren May 5, 2020, 4:18 PM

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Django is probably more "Out of the box" for CMS

tired root May 5, 2020, 4:19 PM

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There is nothing you cannot do with Flask

zealous siren May 5, 2020, 4:19 PM

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though learning curve obviously

tired root May 5, 2020, 4:19 PM

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I personally hate Django tbh, I find it clunky and convoluted

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Flask is quick and simple

zealous siren May 5, 2020, 4:19 PM

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I didn't say that, but with Flask, you might be re inventing the wheel instead of just "buying" it

tired root May 5, 2020, 4:19 PM

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If I need more, I can add packages as I need them

somber wedge May 5, 2020, 4:20 PM

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I'd prefer to use flask cause I already got the hang of it

zealous siren May 5, 2020, 4:20 PM

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without knowing your skill level and like

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it's possible that flask will get the job done quicker

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or it might be faster to learn Django despite slow build up time

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I'd prefer to use flask cause I already got the hang of it <-- can be dangerous mindset to get into, learning new things is important

somber wedge May 5, 2020, 4:21 PM

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I've intermediate knowledge of python. But I'm only a beginner for web dev. I find flask simple as it's a route+function=done.

zealous siren May 5, 2020, 4:22 PM

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sure but Django has tools to build the content of the webpage

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are you just building backend or both?

somber wedge May 5, 2020, 4:22 PM

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The front-end will be decoupled

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I just need to build a backend

zealous siren May 5, 2020, 4:22 PM

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so SPA JS frontend with REST API backend?

somber wedge May 5, 2020, 4:23 PM

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Yes what you said

zealous siren May 5, 2020, 4:23 PM

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Flask or FastAPI

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Django is probably overkill

somber wedge May 5, 2020, 4:23 PM

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But I still need to have some form of auth

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Which is secure

zealous siren May 5, 2020, 4:24 PM

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ok?

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easily doable

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we build JS SPA with auth all the time at work

somber wedge May 5, 2020, 4:24 PM

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So I wondered upon jwt, which seems better than just a username password model.

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Which kind of auth should I use?

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I'm kinda confused on that part.

jagged lark May 5, 2020, 4:26 PM

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JWT like in Java Web Tokens?

somber wedge May 5, 2020, 4:26 PM

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JS web tokens yes

zealous siren May 5, 2020, 4:27 PM

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we auth against AzureAD, which returns a token, you send that token to API which validates it and stores token into Azure Storage Table storage for lifetime of token

jagged lark May 5, 2020, 4:27 PM

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Web Tokens are just here to say "I have passed the authentication method, I am this person"

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As username/password is an authentication method

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They don't really serve the same purpose

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JWTs are used behind the scene in most case

somber wedge May 5, 2020, 4:28 PM

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I see

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If I want to do stateless auth, what should I look into?

zealous siren May 5, 2020, 4:28 PM

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to put in passport terms, you go get a passport from trusted provider (Authentication server) then you go elsewhere with your passport, you present your passport to third party (rest of application) to valid yourself, that third party calls up Trusted Provider and says "Hey, is this passport number valid?", gets yes/no and proceeds accordingly

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stateless auth is what I described, browser stores the token, likely in a cookie

somber wedge May 5, 2020, 4:29 PM

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@zealous siren oh I just remember, I could use firebase auth?

jagged lark May 5, 2020, 4:29 PM

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Stateless auth would use JWTs

zealous siren May 5, 2020, 4:29 PM

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you will have to work with JS developer on whatever you want to do

jagged lark May 5, 2020, 4:30 PM

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Because you don't need to store anywhere which token correspond to what, you signed the token as valid

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That's like an ID

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You gave the people their ID card, and signed it, so when they give it back to you, you know that it is valid because it has your signature