I’m trying to create an input validation middleware using Express. My goal is to be able to pass 2 parameters to the middleware that validates client input. The problem is, after following multiple resources (including Express docs), my middleware seems to not be working. After calling the middleware, I…
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Not getting output while trying db.find() in Mongodb
Recently i have started learning mongodb and started to make a simple application that will just display the data present in my database. Here’s the code: After running this code, the data successfully gets stored in the database but it didn’t show me the output of all the data in my database. Can…
Making a signup form and login form using express server
So I am basically making a simple website on my localhost that has a signup form and some other html elements. I managed to setup the signup process smoothly. So when the user fills in the form and submits it to the root route(“/”), an email is sent to the subscriber containing a random password u…
Getting TypeError: Cannot read property ‘name’ of undefined, while posting the form – node.js
I am building a node Js project and i am saving the values of form to a mongoDB database. Despite of trying i couldn’t find what is causing this error. Error is at router.post function on 3rd line. Please guide me through this through your magical powers of coding and debugging. 😀 you can see clearly I …
Node express API not get in response?
I have created a node-express API. And I request using fetch like this In Network tab I got the same JSON object send from server. In console log of resonpse it print below things…. How can I use the JSON data that send from the server? Answer To get the actual data, you need response.json() like this t…
Can’t Push data One to Many Relation (nodejs ,mongodb)
I am trying to insert data into MongoDB database but I get this error Cannot read property ‘push’ of undefined. I can’t understand what is the issue is here in my code. please help me with the solution. I am a Student and learning it. here I am trying to push service into the category Model.…
Why does setTimeout still work when using an Express app?
I am making an Express app and I was going to use setTimeout to invalidate the access token used with a third party API after a set amount of time. I thought that it might not work, since async functions like setTimeout are pushed onto the event queue and don’t run until everything else is done running.…
Cast to ObjectID failed – mongoose
Hi I am trying to add an event to a users profile once they click on the event. I am getting the following error – Cast to ObjectId failed for value “{ event: ‘600066640807165d042b91dd’ }” at path “event”. The route for creating a profile and for creating an event wor…
How to automate the creation of multiple ejs files with nodejs
I am currently making a blog site and I have this “compose page” where I can write articles. I’m currently using ejs so when the article is posted the data gets saved. But these articles are accessed on one ejs file only. Here is my code for some context: But I want my app.js to make a new e…
Redirecting to previous page in Passport.js after authentication (not duplicate) Node.js
I am trying to redirect back to the page when I am redirected to log in. I am using Passport and connect-ensure-login, and the login works, however, it gets annoying having to re-click the link (if you are not logged in, it redirects you to the home page, but the link has a query string). Is there a way to