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+ <div class="section" id="message-flashing">
+<span id="message-flashing-pattern"></span><h1>Message Flashing<a class="headerlink" href="#message-flashing" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
+<p>Good applications and user interfaces are all about feedback. If the user
+does not get enough feedback they will probably end up hating the
+application. Flask provides a really simple way to give feedback to a
+user with the flashing system. The flashing system basically makes it
+possible to record a message at the end of a request and access it next
+request and only next request. This is usually combined with a layout
+template that does this.</p>
+<div class="section" id="simple-flashing">
+<h2>Simple Flashing<a class="headerlink" href="#simple-flashing" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>So here is a full example:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="kn">from</span> <span class="nn">flask</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">flash</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">redirect</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">url_for</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">render_template</span>
+
+<span class="nd">@app.route</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;/&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">index</span><span class="p">():</span>
+ <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">render_template</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;index.html&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+
+<span class="nd">@app.route</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;/login&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">methods</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&#39;GET&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">&#39;POST&#39;</span><span class="p">])</span>
+<span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">login</span><span class="p">():</span>
+ <span class="n">error</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">None</span>
+ <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">request</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">method</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="s">&#39;POST&#39;</span><span class="p">:</span>
+ <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">request</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">form</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&#39;username&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="s">&#39;admin&#39;</span> <span class="ow">or</span> \
+ <span class="n">request</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">form</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s">&#39;password&#39;</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="s">&#39;secret&#39;</span><span class="p">:</span>
+ <span class="n">error</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&#39;Invalid credentials&#39;</span>
+ <span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
+ <span class="n">flash</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;You were successfully logged in&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+ <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">redirect</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">url_for</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;index&#39;</span><span class="p">))</span>
+ <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">render_template</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&#39;login.html&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">error</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">error</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>And here the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">layout.html</span></tt> template which does the magic:</p>
+<div class="highlight-html+jinja"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="cp">&lt;!doctype html&gt;</span>
+<span class="nt">&lt;title&gt;</span>My Application<span class="nt">&lt;/title&gt;</span>
+<span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">with</span> <span class="nv">messages</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">get_flashed_messages</span><span class="o">()</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+ <span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="nv">messages</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;ul</span> <span class="na">class=</span><span class="s">flashes</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
+ <span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="nv">message</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="nv">messages</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;li&gt;</span><span class="cp">{{</span> <span class="nv">message</span> <span class="cp">}}</span><span class="nt">&lt;/li&gt;</span>
+ <span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">endfor</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;/ul&gt;</span>
+ <span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">endif</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+<span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">endwith</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+<span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">block</span> <span class="nv">body</span> <span class="cp">%}{%</span> <span class="k">endblock</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>And here the index.html template:</p>
+<div class="highlight-html+jinja"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="s2">&quot;layout.html&quot;</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+<span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">block</span> <span class="nv">body</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;h1&gt;</span>Overview<span class="nt">&lt;/h1&gt;</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;p&gt;</span>Do you want to <span class="nt">&lt;a</span> <span class="na">href=</span><span class="s">&quot;</span><span class="cp">{{</span> <span class="nv">url_for</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;login&#39;</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="cp">}}</span><span class="s">&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>log in?<span class="nt">&lt;/a&gt;</span>
+<span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">endblock</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>And of course the login template:</p>
+<div class="highlight-html+jinja"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="s2">&quot;layout.html&quot;</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+<span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">block</span> <span class="nv">body</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;h1&gt;</span>Login<span class="nt">&lt;/h1&gt;</span>
+ <span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="nv">error</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;p</span> <span class="na">class=</span><span class="s">error</span><span class="nt">&gt;&lt;strong&gt;</span>Error:<span class="nt">&lt;/strong&gt;</span> <span class="cp">{{</span> <span class="nv">error</span> <span class="cp">}}</span>
+ <span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">endif</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;form</span> <span class="na">action=</span><span class="s">&quot;&quot;</span> <span class="na">method=</span><span class="s">post</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;dl&gt;</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;dt&gt;</span>Username:
+ <span class="nt">&lt;dd&gt;&lt;input</span> <span class="na">type=</span><span class="s">text</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">username</span> <span class="na">value=</span><span class="s">&quot;</span><span class="cp">{{</span>
+ <span class="nv">request.form.username</span> <span class="cp">}}</span><span class="s">&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;dt&gt;</span>Password:
+ <span class="nt">&lt;dd&gt;&lt;input</span> <span class="na">type=</span><span class="s">password</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">password</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;/dl&gt;</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;p&gt;&lt;input</span> <span class="na">type=</span><span class="s">submit</span> <span class="na">value=</span><span class="s">Login</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;/form&gt;</span>
+<span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">endblock</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="flashing-with-categories">
+<h2>Flashing With Categories<a class="headerlink" href="#flashing-with-categories" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p class="versionadded">
+<span class="versionmodified">New in version 0.3.</span></p>
+<p>It is also possible to provide categories when flashing a message. The
+default category if nothing is provided is <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'message'</span></tt>. Alternative
+categories can be used to give the user better feedback. For example
+error messages could be displayed with a red background.</p>
+<p>To flash a message with a different category, just use the second argument
+to the <a class="reference internal" href="../api.html#flask.flash" title="flask.flash"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">flash()</span></tt></a> function:</p>
+<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">flash</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">u&#39;Invalid password provided&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s">&#39;error&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Inside the template you then have to tell the
+<a class="reference internal" href="../api.html#flask.get_flashed_messages" title="flask.get_flashed_messages"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_flashed_messages()</span></tt></a> function to also return the
+categories. The loop looks slightly different in that situation then:</p>
+<div class="highlight-html+jinja"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">with</span> <span class="nv">messages</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nv">get_flashed_messages</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="nv">with_categories</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kp">true</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+ <span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">if</span> <span class="nv">messages</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;ul</span> <span class="na">class=</span><span class="s">flashes</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
+ <span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">for</span> <span class="nv">category</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nv">message</span> <span class="k">in</span> <span class="nv">messages</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;li</span> <span class="na">class=</span><span class="s">&quot;</span><span class="cp">{{</span> <span class="nv">category</span> <span class="cp">}}</span><span class="s">&quot;</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span><span class="cp">{{</span> <span class="nv">message</span> <span class="cp">}}</span><span class="nt">&lt;/li&gt;</span>
+ <span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">endfor</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+ <span class="nt">&lt;/ul&gt;</span>
+ <span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">endif</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+<span class="cp">{%</span> <span class="k">endwith</span> <span class="cp">%}</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>This is just one example of how to render these flashed messages. One
+might also use the category to add a prefix such as
+<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">&lt;strong&gt;Error:&lt;/strong&gt;</span></tt> to the message.</p>
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+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#">Message Flashing</a><ul>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#simple-flashing">Simple Flashing</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#flashing-with-categories">Flashing With Categories</a></li>
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