flask optional url parameter not working

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@mod.route('/participate/<survey_id>/', defaults = {'work_id':None}, methods = ['GET','POST'])
@mod.route('/pariicipate/<survey_id>/<work_id>', methods = ['GET', 'POST'])
def participate(survey_id, work_id):
   /* do_something .. */

I can access http://localhost:5000/participate/512dc365fe8974149091be1f or http://localhost:5000/participate/512dc365fe8974149091be1f/ and if I fire up a debugger I can see that work_id = None.

If I try http://localhost:5000/participate/512dc365fe8974149091be1f/512dc365fe8974149091be1for http://localhost:5000/participate/512dc365fe8974149091be1f/512dc365fe8974149091be1f/ I get 404.

why is this happening? Is there something I've done wrong with routing rules?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 01 '13 at 20:38

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Your second route has a typo in it :)

@mod.route('/pariicipate/<survey_id>/<work_id>', methods = ['GET', 'POST'])

should be

@mod.route('/participate/<survey_id>/<work_id>', methods = ['GET', 'POST'])

answered Mar 01 '13 at 20:38

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Happens to the best of us :) PS: you should mark the answer as accepted – entropy Mar 01 '13 at 20:40

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