flask session - TypeError: 'type' object does not support item assignment
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Step 1: Import the necessary modules
To use Flask sessions, we need to import the Flask
module and the session
object from the flask
package. The session
object allows us to store data that is specific to a user's session.
from flask import Flask, session
Step 2: Create a Flask application
Next, we need to create an instance of the Flask
class to represent our web application.
app = Flask(__name__)
Step 3: Configure the secret key
Flask requires a secret key to securely sign the session cookie. We can set the secret key using the app.secret_key
attribute.
app.secret_key = 'your_secret_key'
Step 4: Use the session object
To store data in the session, we can assign values to the session object using the assignment operator (=
).
session['username'] = 'John'
Step 5: Retrieve data from the session
To retrieve data from the session, we can access the session object like a dictionary.
username = session.get('username')
Step 6: Handle the TypeError
If you are encountering a TypeError: 'type' object does not support item assignment
when trying to assign values to the session object, it is likely because you have inadvertently assigned a different value to the session
variable. This can happen if you have a variable named session
in your code that conflicts with the session
object from the flask
package.
To resolve this issue, you should rename your variable to something else to avoid the naming conflict. For example, you can change the variable name from session
to my_session
:
my_session = {'username': 'John'}
By doing this, you can then access and modify the session
object from the flask
package without encountering the TypeError
.
I hope this explanation helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.