object has no attribute 'dlg' - plugins

Question

I'm trying to create a plugin for a Uni-subject which will receive a zipcode from a user and return the name of the corresponding location.
I have created the plugin layout, through the Plugin Builder and have designed the graphical interface with QtDesigner https://i.stack.imgur.com/h6k6Q.png . I have also added the .txt file that contains the zipcodes database to the plugin folder.
However, when I reload the plugin it gives me the error "object has no attribute 'dlg'" error message
Could you give me some guidance here and point me to where the problem could be? I am new to plugin development and python. Thanks
The code is this one:
import os
import sys
import qgis.core
from qgis.PyQt import uic
from qgis.PyQt import (
QtCore,
QtWidgets
)
import geocoder
# This loads your .ui file so that PyQt can populate your plugin with the elements from Qt Designer
FORM_CLASS, _ = uic.loadUiType(os.path.join(
os.path.dirname(__file__), 'example_dialog_base.ui'))
class ExampleDialog(QtWidgets.QDialog, FORM_CLASS):
POSTAL_CODES_PATH = ":/plugins/example/todos_cp.txt"
def __init__(self, parent=None):
"""Constructor."""
super(ExampleDialog, self).__init__(parent)
# Set up the user interface from Designer through FORM_CLASS.
# After self.setupUi() you can access any designer object by doing
# self.<objectname>, and you can use autoconnect slots - see
# http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/designer-using-a-ui-file.html
# #widgets-and-dialogs-with-auto-connect
self.setupUi(self)
#self.QpushButton.clicked.connect(self.print_hello_world)
self.QlineEdit.textChanged.connect(self.toggle_find_button)
self.find_code_btn.clicked.connect(self.execute)
#def print_hello_world(self):
#print('Hello World!')
def toggle_find_button(self):
if self.QlineEdit.text() == "":
self.find_code_btn.setEnabled(False)
else:
self.find_code_btn.setEnabled(True)
def find_record(self, main_code, extension):
file_handler = QtCore.QFile(self.POSTAL_CODES_PATH)
file_handler.open(QtCore.QIODevice.ReadOnly)
stream = QtCore.QTextStream(file_handler)
while not stream.atEnd():
line = stream.readLine()
info = line.split(";")
code1 = info[-3]
code2 = info[-2]
if code1 == main_code and code2 == extension:
result = info
break
else:
raise RuntimeError("Sem resultados")
return result
def handle_layer_creation(self, record):
place_name = record[3]
point = geocode_place_name(place_name)
print("lon: {} - lat: {}".format(point.x(), point.y()))
layer = create_point_layer(
point,
f"found_location_for_{record[-3]}_{record[-2]}",
place_name
)
current_project = qgis.core.QgsProject.instance()
current_project.addMapLayer(layer)
def show_error(self, message):
message_bar = self.iface.messageBar()
message_bar.pushMessage("Error", message, level=message_bar.Critical)
def validate_postal_code(raw_postal_code):
code1, code2 = raw_postal_code.partition("-")[::2]
if code1 == "" or code2 == "":
raise ValueError(
"Incorrect postal code: {!r}".format(raw_postal_code))
return code1, code2
def geocode_place_name(place_name):
geocoder_object = geocoder.osm(place_name)
lon = geocoder_object.json.get("lng")
lat = geocoder_object.json.get("lat")
if lat is None or lon is None:
raise RuntimeError(
"Could not retrieve lon/lat for "
"place: {!r}".format(place_name)
)
point = qgis.core.QgsPointXY(lon, lat)
return point
def create_point_layer(point, layer_name, place_name):
layer = qgis.core.QgsVectorLayer(
"Point?crs=epsg:4326&field=address:string(100)",
layer_name,
"memory"
)
provider = layer.dataProvider()
geometry = qgis.core.QgsGeometry.fromPointXY(point)
feature = qgis.core.QgsFeature()
feature.setGeometry(geometry)
feature.setAttributes([place_name])
provider.addFeatures([feature])
layer.updateExtents()
return layer