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Sean King
5,144 Pointsreq.session returning undefined
I'm having a pretty difficult time using this middleware because, well... req.session is undefined when this function is imported to the file. The following does not work because req is undefined:
function loggedOut(req, res, next) {
if (req.session && req.session.userId) {
return res.redirect('/profile');
} else {
return next();
}
}
module.exports.loggedOut = loggedOut();
...
router.post('/login', mid.loggedOut, (req, res, next) => {
if(req.body.email &&
req.body.password) {
User.authenticate(req.body.email, req.body.password, function(error, user) {
if (error || !user) {
const err = new Error('Wrong email or password');
err.status = 401;
return next(err);
} else {
req.session.userId = user._id;
res.redirect('/profile');
}
})
} else {
const err = new Error('Email and password required');
err.status = 401;
return next(err);
}
})
The following does not return the undefined error:
router.post('/login',
function(req, res, next) {
if (req.session && req.session.userId) {
return res.redirect('/profile');
} else {
return next();
}
}
, (req, res, next) => {
if(req.body.email &&
req.body.password) {
User.authenticate(req.body.email, req.body.password, function(error, user) {
if (error || !user) {
const err = new Error('Wrong email or password');
err.status = 401;
return next(err);
} else {
req.session.userId = user._id;
res.redirect('/profile');
}
})
} else {
const err = new Error('Email and password required');
err.status = 401;
return next(err);
}
})
but it does not work. The function is not redirecting. Any thoughts?
Sean King
5,144 PointsSean King
5,144 PointsI figured out the answer. I'm dumb. So here we go:
module.exports.loggedOut = loggedOut;not
module.exports.loggedOut = loggedOut();and I was adding the middleware to the post routes like a dummy. Problem solved!