Solution: Retrieving Pets from the Home and Details Pages
Explore how to retrieve data from the Pet model in Flask applications by using ORM queries for listing all pets on the home page and fetching individual pet details with dynamic URLs. Understand updating templates to access model attributes directly instead of using dictionaries.
Solution #
"""Flask Application for Paws Rescue Center."""
from flask import Flask, render_template, abort
from forms import SignUpForm, LoginForm
from flask import session, redirect, url_for
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'dfewfew123213rwdsgert34tgfd1234trgf'
app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///paws.db'
db = SQLAlchemy(app)
"""Model for Pets."""
class Pet(db.Model):
id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
name = db.Column(db.String, unique=True)
age = db.Column(db.String)
bio = db.Column(db.String)
posted_by = db.Column(db.String, db.ForeignKey('user.id'))
"""Model for Users."""
class User(db.Model):
id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
full_name = db.Column(db.String)
email = db.Column(db.String, unique=True)
password = db.Column(db.String)
pets = db.relationship('Pet', backref = 'user')
db.create_all()
# Create "team" user and add it to session
team = User(full_name = "Pet Rescue Team", email = "team@petrescue.co", password = "adminpass")
db.session.add(team)
# Create all pets
nelly = Pet(name = "Nelly", age = "5 weeks", bio = "I am a tiny kitten rescued by the good people at Paws Rescue Center. I love squeaky toys and cuddles.")
yuki = Pet(name = "Yuki", age = "8 months", bio = "I am a handsome gentle-cat. I like to dress up in bow ties.")
basker = Pet(name = "Basker", age = "1 year", bio = "I love barking. But, I love my friends more.")
mrfurrkins = Pet(name = "Mr. Furrkins", age = "5 years", bio = "Probably napping.")
# Add all pets to the session
db.session.add(nelly)
db.session.add(yuki)
db.session.add(basker)
db.session.add(mrfurrkins)
# Commit changes in the session
try:
db.session.commit()
except Exception as e:
db.session.rollback()
finally:
db.session.close()
@app.route("/")
def homepage():
"""View function for Home Page."""
pets = Pet.query.all()
return render_template("home.html", pets = pets)
@app.route("/about")
def about():
"""View function for About Page."""
return render_template("about.html")
@app.route("/details/<int:pet_id>")
def pet_details(pet_id):
"""View function for Showing Details of Each Pet."""
# pet = next((pet for pet in pets if pet["id"] == pet_id), None)
pet = Pet.query.get(pet_id)
if pet is None:
abort(404, description="No Pet was Found with the given ID")
return render_template("details.html", pet = pet)
@app.route("/signup", methods=["POST", "GET"])
def signup():
"""View function for Showing Details of Each Pet."""
form = SignUpForm()
if form.validate_on_submit():
new_user = User(full_name = form.full_name.data, email = form.email.data, password = form.password.data)
db.session.add(new_user)
try:
db.session.commit()
except Exception as e:
print(e)
db.session.rollback()
return render_template("signup.html", form = form, message = "This Email already exists in the system! Please Login instead.")
finally:
db.session.close()
return render_template("signup.html", message = "Successfully signed up")
return render_template("signup.html", form = form)
@app.route("/login", methods=["POST", "GET"])
def login():
form = LoginForm()
if form.validate_on_submit():
user = User.query.filter_by(email = form.email.data, password = form.password.data).first()
if user is None:
return render_template("login.html", form = form, message = "Wrong Credentials. Please Try Again.")
else:
session['user'] = user.id
return render_template("login.html", message = "Successfully Logged In!")
return render_template("login.html", form = form)
@app.route("/logout")
def logout():
if 'user' in session:
session.pop('user')
return redirect(url_for('homepage', _scheme='https', _external=True))
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run(debug=True, host="0.0.0.0", port=3000)