Treehouse | Community | Authenticating the Username and Password

🤑 Join the Treehouse affiliate program and earn 25% commission!

Join our Live Career-Building Workshop: Launch Your Tech-Adjacent Career! ⭐ Register here!

🌟 Dreaming of a bright future? 🎓 Ask about the Treehouse Scholarship program! 🚀

Curious which AI tools Treehouse developers love? ⚙️ Check them out!

🫡 Treehouse for Military offers discounts to Veterans, service members and their families!

Newest
- Newest
- Active
- Unanswered
- Featured
All Topics

ryantalbot2
12,537 Points
it appears several pieces of code are deprecated. I would include them here but I'm not allowed enough room to add them.

Posted August 21, 2020 1:34am by ryantalbot2

ryantalbot2
12,537 Points
1 Answer
Jason Pallone
11,340 Points
Where does user come from?

Posted April 11, 2019 10:25pm by Jason Pallone

Jason Pallone
11,340 Points
2 Answers
Jef Davis
29,162 Points
Bcrypt deprecated?

Posted December 23, 2018 9:36pm by Jef Davis

Jef Davis
29,162 Points
2 Answers
Marcos Cabrini Riani dos Reis
12,253 Points
User.findOne(...).exc is not a function

Posted July 30, 2018 6:36pm by Marcos Cabrini Riani dos Reis

Marcos Cabrini Riani dos Reis
12,253 Points
1 Answer
Luis Marsano
21,425 Points
Status code 401 seems incorrect. Is there a better solution?

Posted June 30, 2018 12:27am by Luis Marsano

Luis Marsano
21,425 Points
3 Answers
benjaminfarnham
8,055 Points
'next' is not defined. Error in my user.js file.

Posted April 26, 2018 3:57am by benjaminfarnham

benjaminfarnham
8,055 Points
1 Answer
Serdar Halac
15,259 Points
Is sending the SessionID by cookie safer than sending the UserID by cookie because sessionID expires by UserID doesn't?

Posted April 7, 2018 9:04am by Serdar Halac

Serdar Halac
15,259 Points
0 Answers
Serdar Halac
15,259 Points
Would the req.session.userId check be a security flaw if this web app were to be deployed?

Posted April 7, 2018 8:54am by Serdar Halac

Serdar Halac
15,259 Points
0 Answers
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points
Will not go to the profile page.

Posted March 24, 2018 11:11am by Brian Patterson

Brian Patterson
19,588 Points
1 Answer
Tennyson Horn
14,660 Points
[SOLVED]: "401 Error: 'Wrong email or password'" on login attempt

Posted February 24, 2018 6:50pm by Tennyson Horn

Tennyson Horn
14,660 Points
0 Answers
nfs
35,526 Points
In case anyone's wondering, there's a missing parenthesis in the code in the teacher's notes

Posted February 10, 2018 3:20pm by nfs

nfs
35,526 Points
2 Answers
Andrew Gursky
12,576 Points
*[SOLVED]* 404 error on redirect to profile page.

Posted December 27, 2017 2:36pm by Andrew Gursky

Andrew Gursky
12,576 Points
1 Answer
Paul Scarpa
1,329 Points
Cannot set property 'userId' of undefined

Posted December 25, 2017 12:53am by Paul Scarpa

Paul Scarpa
1,329 Points
0 Answers
Ikuyasu Usui
36 Points
Is this the standard method to add the authentication on express with mongoose?

Posted December 3, 2017 4:57pm by Ikuyasu Usui

Ikuyasu Usui
36 Points
1 Answer
Brian Anstett
5,831 Points
req.session is 'undefined' outside the user.authenticate() callback function

Posted November 3, 2017 12:34am by Brian Anstett

Brian Anstett
5,831 Points
1 Answer
Victor Novikov
6,322 Points
"User id is never send to the client browser" -- but what do the send in a cookie then?

Posted October 6, 2017 4:51am by Victor Novikov

Victor Novikov
6,322 Points
2 Answers
Gjgg Hghh
50 Points
User.authenticate gets error

Posted September 25, 2017 6:37am by Gjgg Hghh

Gjgg Hghh
50 Points
0 Answers
Myron Castillo
12,916 Points
How is the 'user' in 'user._id' established as being the holder of all of the user information? Where was that set up?

Posted July 4, 2017 4:06pm by Myron Castillo

Myron Castillo
12,916 Points
2 Answers
Kartikey Singh
4,592 Points
Can't understand callback function

Posted June 6, 2017 7:44pm by Kartikey Singh

Kartikey Singh
4,592 Points
1 Answer
Corey Hayden
11,717 Points
what exactly does the mongoose 'exec' method do?

Posted May 12, 2017 8:49pm by Corey Hayden

Corey Hayden
11,717 Points
1 Answer
Juliette Tworsey
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,425 Points
Stormpath Link

Posted April 14, 2017 7:28pm by Juliette Tworsey

Juliette Tworsey
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,425 Points
0 Answers
PoJung Chen
5,856 Points
When will "user not found" error in user.js been shown?

Posted April 10, 2017 3:41am by PoJung Chen

PoJung Chen
5,856 Points
2 Answers
Krystal Jackson
8,598 Points
Quick question about using data from mongo in a webpage.

Posted March 29, 2017 2:11pm by Krystal Jackson

Krystal Jackson
8,598 Points
2 Answers
Juliette Tworsey
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,425 Points
Change favorite book on profile page

Posted February 16, 2017 8:14pm by Juliette Tworsey

Juliette Tworsey
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,425 Points
3 Answers
Brendan Moran
14,052 Points
A solution for more specific error handling

Posted February 10, 2017 1:49am by Brendan Moran

Brendan Moran
14,052 Points
1 Answer
Alex Bussey
20,846 Points
Receive 'Cast to ObjectId Failed' error after trying to login

Posted January 11, 2017 5:15am by Alex Bussey

Alex Bussey
20,846 Points
0 Answers
PLUS

Anand Mohan Duddella
Courses Plus Student 8,264 Points
the session id which is set with the user id in the User.authenticate() function is not available outside

Posted November 9, 2016 4:59pm by Anand Mohan Duddella

Anand Mohan Duddella
Courses Plus Student 8,264 Points
2 Answers
Daniel Conde
3,881 Points
Dealing with error in bcrypt.compare callback

Posted August 7, 2016 2:55am by Daniel Conde

Daniel Conde
3,881 Points
2 Answers
Lucas Santos
19,315 Points
Can you please explain your use of the .exec method

Posted August 5, 2016 4:58pm by Lucas Santos

Lucas Santos
19,315 Points
2 Answers

Posting to the forum is only allowed for members with active accounts.
Please sign in or sign up to post.