[Solved] TypeError: string indices must be integers. Python, Flask [closed]

Question

Something doesn’t add up (no pun intended) here:

full_cost = sum([int(product['product_cost']) for product in cart_products ])
TypeError: string indices must be integers

When the product_cart in your question is supplied as the input to this it should work.

However if you had a string as a member of the product_cart list, instead of a dictionary it would throw this exception:

>>> product_cart = ['test']
>>> sum([int(product['product_cost']) for product in product_cart ])
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <listcomp>
TypeError: string indices must be integers

Or to put it another way:

>>> {'product_cost':'123'}['product_cost']
'123'
>>> 'some_string'['product_cost']
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: string indices must be integers

So the exception you’re seeing in your code is because the list comprehension within the sum function, is getting a string for product.

Something is not as it seems within your session['cart'] so it’s impossible for anyone to solve with the info given in this question, sorry.

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