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=["POST", "GET"])
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_one({"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)