Flask variables not showing up on HTML page

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I already checked out this and this and this but none had anything to do with my problem.

I have the most basic and simplest imaginable flask script with a very simple HTML page. You can check yourself here: https://1ee1eb4d224e.ngrok.io

I dont know what i did wrong. I put {{ result }} in my html page. I added a route in Flask, using jinjas render_template and specified a value for result. Yet on the actual HTML page i still only see {{ result }}? Is this a bug? Surely i cant screw up something this trivial... right?

EDIT: so it seems flask is not rendering Jinja2 Tags at all - an If statement i added for testing also is just displayed like this on the site. I dont know what i missed, since Jinja2 is built into flask i shouldnt have to do anything else so that jinja's rendering engine works?

mmm... don't know... But I think its working... You can check this link of repl.it... https://repl.it/join/tjnounff-shivendraprata3 — Shivendra Pratap Kushwaha, Mar 09 '21 at 15:08
Its just that the html template is inside template directory. It shouldn't be problem I guess. — Shivendra Pratap Kushwaha, Mar 09 '21 at 15:14
damn... that was actually it... either im giga blind or it actually didnt say anywhere that the html has to be in a "templates" folder... thanks a lot — Flying Thunder, Mar 09 '21 at 15:18

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 09 '21 at 15:22

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Issue resolved by having OAuth.html in templates folder. Directory structure will be :

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+ main.py
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+ templates
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| + OAuth.html

answered Mar 09 '21 at 15:22

Shivendra Pratap Kushwaha

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '21 at 15:28

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I installed each module that we use, and on my pc it did work, I really want to help you so I would like you to confirm that you have OAuth.html saved in templates, in addition to how you run main.py and how you open it in the browser.

answered Mar 09 '21 at 15:28

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Flask variables not showing up on HTML page

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