Replaced request.data with request.json

gmihov001 · web-flow · commit 9e1fa0a51110 · 2021-11-12T13:21:24.000-05:00
The instructions claim that request.data comes already json decoded, but it is request.json
diff --git a/.learn/exercises/07-post_todo/README.md b/.learn/exercises/07-post_todo/README.md
@@ -8,23 +8,23 @@ POST /todos
 DELETE /todos
 ```
 
-In order to build the `POST /todos` have do something similar that we did on the first endpoint. Remember that each endpoint in a Flask API is represented by a function and a decorator like this:
+In order to build the `POST /todos` we have to do something similar to what we did in the first endpoint. Remember that each endpoint in a Flask API is represented by a function and a decorator like this:
 
 ```python
-@app.route('/blabla', methods=['GET'])
+@app.route('/blahblah', methods=['GET'])
 def hello_world():
     return 'Hello, World!'
 ```
 
-Only in this case, we are not going to be expecting a GET request.
+Except in this case we are not going to be expecting a GET request.
 
 Also, we are expecting to receive the TODO that the client wants to add inside of the request body.
 
 ```python
 from flask import request
 
-# the request body is already json decoded and it comes in the request.data variable
-print(request.data)
+# the request body is already json decoded and it comes in the request.json variable
+print(request.json)
 ```
 
 ## 📝 Instructions:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ print(request.data)
 ```python
 @app.route('/todos', methods=['POST'])
 def add_new_todo():
-    request_body = request.data
+    request_body = request.json
     print("Incoming request with the following body", request_body)
     return 'Response for the POST todo'
 ```
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ def add_new_todo():
 
 ```python
 from flask import request
-```
+```
