Here's my code so far:
from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
from flask_pymongo import PyMongo, ObjectId
from flask_cors import CORS
import pymongo
app = Flask(__name__)
app.config["MONGO_URI"]="mongodb srv://<USER>:<PASSWORD>...etc"
mongo = PyMongo(app)
CORS(app)
db = mongo.db.users
@app.route('/users', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def createUser():
if request.method == "GET":
return jsonify({'msg': 'Successful GET response'})
elif request.method == "POST":
id = db.insert_one({
'username': request.json['username'],
'firstName': request.json['firstName'],
'lastName': request.json['lastName'],
'dob': request.json['dob']
})
return jsonify({'id': str(ObjectId(id)), 'msg': 'User Added Successfully!'})
#run app
if __name__ == "__main__":
app.run(debug=True)
When I attempt a POST request on Postman at the url "/users" it gives me the following 500 Error response:
TypeError: id must be an instance of (bytes, str, ObjectId), not <class 'pymongo.results.InsertOneResult'>
I'm following a tutorial that uses .insert() instead of the newer .insert_one() or .insert_many(), I wonder if this has any relation to the issue.
Any help is appreciated!
CodePudding user response:
I got it. All I had to do was switch
return jsonify({'id': str(ObjectId(id)), 'msg': 'User Added Successfully!'})
to
return jsonify({'id': str(id.inserted_id), 'msg': 'User Added Successfully!'})
Postman response:
{
"id": "6[...]b",
"msg": "User Added Successfully!"
}