How to convert extracted python request URL variable to string?

Question

I am new to python web applications. I am using Bottlepy for my web application and request for extracting variables from URLs. I extracted the variable first=request.query.first. I can return the value of the variable but when I want to use it in if condition it always fails and else block is executed.

URL: http://127.0.0.1:8080/h?first="hi"

@app.route('/h')
def test():
    first=request.query.first
    if first == "hi":
        return "passed"
    else:
        return "fail"

I will appreciate your help regarding the problem thank you.

Hint: Before your if statement, simply print out the value of first. — Prune
– Prune, Commented Jul 21, 2017 at 23:14
Before if statement the print result is "hi" but still the if condition fails. — Sahim
– Sahim, Commented Jul 22, 2017 at 8:37

Sahim · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-22 08:45:19Z

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I tested the URL many times then I noticed that I was putting quotation marks around "hi" removing the quotation fixed the problem. The new URL is http://localhost:8080/h?first=hi.

answered Jul 22, 2017 at 8:45

Sahim

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Michael Scofield · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-21 23:33:17Z

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this should effectively convert the URL variable to string. after you do first=request.query.first

newfirst=str(first)

then in the test function change first to newfirst

def test():
    if newfirst == "hi":
        return "passed"
    else:
        return "fail"

answered Jul 21, 2017 at 23:33

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Sahim Over a year ago

Thanks for the reply but it still fails.

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