Pset7 cs50 finance register method not displaying register.html

Question

As the title says, I am working on the register method of cs50 finance. When I click on the register tab of the site, my login template seems to be popping up instead. I tried returning the register template near the start of the register method, but that didn't fix anything. The problem only goes away when I get rid of my "POST conditional," but even then, a user is not actually registered in the database. I'm fairly sure my code is correct; I followed every step in the walkthrough and it makes logical sense. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Could someone please help point my error out?

@app.route("/register", methods=["GET", "POST"])
def register():
    """Register user."""

    session.clear()
    if request.method == "POST": #POST CONDITIONAL

        return render_template("register.html") # TRIED RETURNING TEMPLATE AT START

        if not request.form.get("username"):
            return apology("must provide username")

        elif not request.form.get("password"):
            return apology("must provide password")

        elif not request.form.get("password_comfirm"):
            return apology("must confirm password")

        elif request.form.get("password") != request.form.get("password_confirm"):
            return apology("password must match password confirmation")

        hash = pwd_context.encrypt("password")

        result = db.execute("INSERT INTO users (username, hash) VALUES(:username, :hash)", username=request.form.get("username"), hash=hash)
        if not result:
            return apology("username is already taken")

        session["user_id"] = result[0]["id"]

        return redirect(url_for("index"))


    else:
        return render_template("login.html")

Answer 1

The post method is only used when you submit a form. Clicking register doesn't count as a post method, therefore you are skipping the entire section of your code in the post conditional, and the code reads the else statement.

Answer 2

First, I'll explain my main error. My problem was that I returned register.html in the body instead of returning it as the else statement following the POST conditional. I had other errors in the code, namely hashing the password and signing in the user, but I won't reveal how I solved those ;)