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Adesua Martins
Adesua Martins

Reputation: 65

Flask not detecting static files when I use web token in route function

I am trying to confirm user email using pyjwt. So basically, when a new user registers, the user receives a confirmation email containing a link, and the user clicks the link to confirm the email.

If the web token has expired, the user is asked to generate another web token.

Here is the problem.

The static files I am using work pretty well for all of my other web pages and view functions. However for the view function that receives the web token for the user email, Flask does not see the static files needed to render the page properly, and so it does not render any Css, image, or javascript for that particular web page.

Here is my code.

First, The user registers and a verification email is sent;

@auth.route('/register', methods=['GET','POST' ])
def register():
    form=register_form()
    if form.validate_on_submit():
        user=Users_db(name=form.name.data, email=form.email.data, username=form.username.data, sex=form.sex.data, password=form.password.data )
        flash('A verification email has been sent to you, please verify your account')
        token=user.email_token()
        db.session.add(user)
        db.session.commit()
        send_mail(form.email.data, 'Confirm Your Account', 'email/confirm_account', token=token)
        return redirect(url_for('auth.login', form=form))
    return render_template('auth/register.html', form=form)

After the user receives the verification email, and clicks the link, the following view function confirms the confirms or eject the user based on the status of the web token added to the URL.

@auth.route('/confirm_user/<token>')
@login_required
def confirm_user(token):
    if current_user.confirm_email_token(token):
        flash('You account has been confirmed')
        return redirect('main.home')
    else:
        flash('Your confirmation mail has expired, Please request for another mail.', category='info')
        return render_template('new_token.html')

The problem is, new_token.html template is not displayed with any static file. Flask can not find it.

I get the following error on my development server.

127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:49] "GET /confirm_user/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6bnVsbCwiZXhwIjoxNjkzMTY0NTI1fQ.25ORxL9I-fq9tpK8lQxhTvQDOhu-xJmV5pzTblNinHg HTTP/1.1" 200 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:50] "GET /confirm_user/static/vendor/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:50] "GET /confirm_user/static/vendor/bootstrap-icons/bootstrap-icons.css HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:50] "GET /confirm_user/static/vendor/swiper/swiper-bundle.min.css HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:50] "GET /confirm_user/static/vendor/glightbox/css/glightbox.min.css HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:50] "GET /confirm_user/static/vendor/aos/aos.css HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:50] "GET /confirm_user/static/css/variables.css HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:50] "GET /confirm_user/static/css/main.css HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:50] "GET /confirm_user/static/img/post-sq-1.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:50] "GET /confirm_user/static/img/post-sq-2.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:50] "GET /confirm_user/static/img/post-sq-3.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:50] "GET /confirm_user/static/img/post-sq-4.jpg HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:50] "GET /confirm_user/static/vendor/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:50] "GET /confirm_user/static/vendor/swiper/swiper-bundle.min.js HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:51] "GET /confirm_user/static/vendor/glightbox/js/glightbox.min.js HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:51] "GET /confirm_user/static/vendor/aos/aos.js HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:51] "GET /confirm_user/static/js/main.js HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:51] "GET /confirm_user/static/vendor/php-email-form/validate.js HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [27/Aug/2023 19:29:51] "GET /confirm_user/static/img/favicon.png HTTP/1.1" 404 -

Can anybody help?

Static files works pretty well for all other templates and view functions. It also works well for this view function if I remove the web token added to the URL.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 53

Answers (1)

J_H
J_H

Reputation: 20415

You report that static files will 404 when a confirming user runs this:

@auth.route('/confirm_user/<token>')
@login_required
def confirm_user(token):
    ...

Remove the @login_required so the confirming user will be allowed to retrieve those files with 200 status. Use another approach for authenticating a confirming user during that transitional period.

Upvotes: 0

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