app.py

import os
import datetime
from flask import Flask,render_template,request
from pymongo import MongoClient
from dotenv import load_dotenv

load_dotenv()

app = Flask(__name__)
client = MongoClient(os.environ.get("MONGODB_URI"))
app.db = client.microblog

@app.route("/", methods=["GET","POST"])
def home():
    if request.method == "POST":
        entry_content = request.form.get("content")
        formatted_date = datetime.datetime.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
        app.db.entries.insert({"content":entry_content ,"date":formatted_date})

    entries_with_date = [
        (
            entry["content"],
            entry["date"],
            datetime.datetime.strptime(entry["date"], "%Y-%m-%d").strftime("%b %d")
        )

        for entry in app.db.entries.find({})
    ]
    return render_template("home.html",entries=entries_with_date)




if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run(debug=True)