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JavaScript User Authentication With Express and Mongo Sessions and Cookies Creating the Profile Route and Page

Marcos Cabrini Riani dos Reis
Marcos Cabrini Riani dos Reis
12,253 Points

User.findOne(...).exc is not a function

Using this code below, when I try to log in this error message appears "User.findOne(...).exc is not a function"

index.js code

=====================================

var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
var User = require('../models/user');

// GET / profile
router.get('/profile', function (req, res, next) {
  if (!req.session.userId) {
    var err = new Error('You are not authorized to view this page.');
    err.status = 403;
    return next(err);
  }

  User.findById(req.session.userId)
      .exec(function (error, user) {
        if (error) {
          return next(error);
        } else {
          return res.render('profile', { title: 'Profile', name: user.name, favorite: user.favoriteBook });
        }
      });
});

// GET / logins
router.get('/login', function (req, res, next) {
  return res.render('login', { title: 'Log In' });
});

// POST /logins
router.post('/login', function (req, res, next) {
  if (req.body.email && req.body.password) {
    User.authenticate(req.body.email, req.body.password, function (error, user) {
      if (error || !user) {
        var err = new Error('Wrong email or password.');
        err.status = 401;
        return next(err);
      } else {
        req.session.userId = user._id;
        return res.redirect('/profile');
      }
    });
  } else {
    var err = new Error('Email and password are required.');
    err.status = 401;
    return next(err);
  }
});

// GET / Register
router.get('/register', function (req, res, next) {
  return res.render('register', { title: 'Sign Up' });
});

// POST / register
router.post('/register', function (req, res, next) {
  if (req.body.email &&
    req.body.name &&
    req.body.favoriteBook &&
    req.body.password &&
    req.body.confirmPassword) {

    // confirm that user typed same password twice
    if (req.body.password !== req.body.confirmPassword) {
      var err = new Error('Passwords do not match.');
      err.status = 400;
      return next(err);
    }

    // creat object with form input
    var userData = {
      email: req.body.email,
      name: req.body.name,
      favoriteBook: req.body.favoriteBook,
      password: req.body.password,
    };

    // use schema's `create`  method to insert document into mongo
    User.create(userData, function (error, user) {
      if (error) {
        return next(error);
      } else {
        req.session.userId = user._id;
        return res.redirect('/profile');
      }
    });

  } else {
    var err = new Error('All fields required.');
    err.status = 400;
    return next(err);
  }
});

// GET /
router.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
  return res.render('index', { title: 'Home' });
});

// GET /about
router.get('/about', function (req, res, next) {
  return res.render('about', { title: 'About' });
});

// GET /contact
router.get('/contact', function(req, res, next) {
  return res.render('contact', { title: 'Contact' });
});



module.exports = router;```
Gari Merrifield
Gari Merrifield
9,598 Points

this is near impossible to read without the code being in the code blocks properly. We can't tell what may be comments and what may be code. Please edit your question for us, if you still need help. See the "Markdown Cheatsheet" link on this page if you need help with the code blocks.

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

From the text of your question it looks like you are misspelling exec() somewhere in your code. It's not present in the code you posted so it's probably in another file.