1. Refactoring form objects and database objects to use inheritance and abstract base class for consistency and reduced redundancy.\n2. Contact us page button links updated to resolve error of missing link causing page refresh instead of expected functionality.

helpers/DEPRECATED/helper_abc.py

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+from abc import abstractmethod
+from functools import wraps
+import inspect
+
+def Interface_ABC(cls):
+    abstract_methods = {}
+    for name, value in vars(cls).items():
+        if getattr(value, '__isabstractmethod__', False):
+            if isinstance(value, classmethod):
+                abstract_methods[name] = 'classmethod'
+            elif isinstance(value, staticmethod):
+                abstract_methods[name] = 'staticmethod'
+            else:
+                abstract_methods[name] = 'method'
+    
+    def decorator(subclass):
+        for method, method_type in abstract_methods.items():
+            if not hasattr(subclass, method):
+                raise NotImplementedError(
+                    f"'{subclass.__name__}' must implement abstract {method_type} '{method}' from interface '{cls.__name__}'"
+                )
+            
+            subclass_value = getattr(subclass, method)
+            
+            if method_type == 'classmethod' and not isinstance(subclass_value, classmethod):
+                raise TypeError(f"'{method}' must be a classmethod in '{subclass.__name__}'")
+            elif method_type == 'staticmethod' and not isinstance(subclass_value, staticmethod):
+                raise TypeError(f"'{method}' must be a staticmethod in '{subclass.__name__}'")
+            elif method_type == 'method' and (isinstance(subclass_value, (classmethod, staticmethod)) or inspect.isfunction(subclass_value)):
+                # For normal methods, we accept either functions or methods, as unbound methods are functions in Python 3
+                pass
+            else:
+                raise TypeError(f"'{method}' has incorrect type in '{subclass.__name__}'")
+        
+        return subclass
+    
+    return decorator
+

helpers/helper_app.py

@@ -19,13 +19,17 @@ class Helper_App(BaseModel):
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_request_data(request):
+        print(f'request={request}')
+        data = {}
         try:
-            return request.json
+            data = request.json
         except:
             try:
-                return request.data
+                data = request.data
             except:
                 try:
-                    return request.form
+                    data = request.form
                 except:
-                    return {}
+                    pass
+        print(f'data={data}')
+        return data