I m sending the id of the product from this view (I m using express and mongoose db)
<form action="/cart" method="POST"> <input type="hidden" name="id" value="<%= product._id %>" /> <button class="btn" type="submit">Add to Cart</button>
I m sure it is not null here
then I have this middleware to receive it
router.post("/cart", shopController.postCart);
and here is the function post Cart
exports.postCart = (req, res, next) => { const prodId = req.params.id; console.log("id returned from the params : " + prodId); Product.findById(prodId) .then((product) => { console.log(product); return req.user.addToCart(product); })
When I first receive it in the postcard function I made a log and it gives me the log console
id returned from the params: undefined null
I tried wrapping the id with ObjectId of mongoose then it shows me this message
exports.postCart = (req, res, next) => { const prodId = req.params.id; console.log("id returned from the params : " + ObjectId(prodId)); Product.findById(ObjectId(prodId)) .then((product) => { console.log(product); return req.user.addToCart(product); })
error :
id returned from the params : 62c9a1ca3b17ea86134d12fc null
product: in database :
{ "_id": { "$oid": "62c87c728594df06fd459521" }, "title": ",gh,", "price": 44, "description": "nfggfngh ", "imageUrl": "https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/stack-of-books-picture-id157482029?s=612x612", "userId": { "$oid": "62c71d0ab0312958a8082d6f" }, "__v": 0}
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Answer
Replace const prodId = req.params.id;
with const prodId = req.body.id;
and write
router.post("/cart", express.urlencoded({extended: false}), shopController.postCart);
The express.urlcoded
middleware is needed to fill the req.body
.