def make_event(): form = PostForm() if form.is_submitted(): print("submitted") if form.validate(): print("valid") if form.validate_on_submit(): print(form.errors) print(form.image.data) if not form.image.data: print('no files has been uploaded') post = Post(title=form.title.data, body=form.details.data, user_id=current_user.id, max_participant=form.max_participant.data, start_time=form.start_time.data, socialHours=form.socialHours.data) else: f = form.image.data filename = secure_filename(f.filename) f.save(os.path.join(current_app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename)) print(os.path.join(current_app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'], filename)) url = url_for('auth.download_file', filename=filename) # filename = images.save(form.image.data) # print(filename) # url = images.path(filename) # print(url) # url = images.url(filename) # print(url) # url = url [11:] filedata = {"image_filename": filename, "image_url": url} # filedata = jsonify(filedata) try: new_Post = requests.post( "http://localhost:5001/images/", json=filedata ) #CHANGE THIS LINK TO WHATEVER DOMAIN U HAVE FOR THE MICROSERVICE except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: flash("image upload service unavailable") redirect(url_for("auth.make_event")) post = Post(title=form.title.data, body=form.details.data, user_id=current_user.id, max_participant=form.max_participant.data, start_time=form.start_time.data, socialHours=form.socialHours.data, filename=filename) db.session.add(post) db.session.commit() flash('We have received your application', 'success') return redirect(url_for('auth.index')) return render_template('make_event.html', user=current_user, form=form)