made requested changes

backend/project/endpoints/users.py

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def post(self):
         uid = request.json.get('uid')
         is_teacher = request.json.get('is_teacher')
         is_admin = request.json.get('is_admin')
+        url = f"{API_URL}/users"
 
         if is_teacher is None or is_admin is None or uid is None:
             return {
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ def post(self):
                     "uid": "User ID (string)",
                     "is_teacher": "Teacher status (boolean)",
                     "is_admin": "Admin status (boolean)"
-                },"url": f"{API_URL}/users"
+                },"url": url
             }, 400
         try:
             user = db.session.get(userModel, uid)
@@ -76,13 +77,13 @@ def post(self):
             db.session.add(new_user)
             db.session.commit()
             return jsonify({"message": "User created successfully!",
-                    "data": user, "url": f"{API_URL}/users/{user.uid}", "status_code": 201})
+                    "data": user, "url": f"{url}/{user.uid}", "status_code": 201})
 
         except SQLAlchemyError:
             # every exception should result in a rollback
             db.session.rollback()
             return {"message": "An error occurred while creating the user",
-                    "url": f"{API_URL}/users"}, 500
+                    "url": url}, 500
 
 
 class User(Resource):

backend/tests/endpoints/conftest.py

@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ def client(app):
 def valid_teacher_entry(session):
     """A valid teacher for testing that's already in the db"""
     teacher = User(uid="Bart", is_teacher=True, is_admin=False)
-    session.add(teacher)
     try:
+        session.add(teacher)
         session.commit()
     except SQLAlchemyError:
         session.rollback()

backend/tests/endpoints/project_test.py

@@ -77,10 +77,7 @@ def test_remove_project(client, valid_project_entry):
     assert response.status_code == 404
 
 def test_patch_project(client, valid_project_entry):
-    """
-    Test functionality of the PATCH method for projects
-    Test functionality of the PATCH method for projects
-    """
+    """Test functionality of the PATCH method for projects"""
 
     project_id = valid_project_entry.project_id