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JavaScript Using SQL ORMs with Node.js Defining Models Exercise: Add a Person Model

Posted by mersadajan
mersadajan
21,306 Points

Validation error for empty string in person firstName and lastName

This is frustrating. Everything seems to be correct but I still get validation errors. At some point, I just replaced my code with the teachers' code, but I have the same error.

App.js :

const db = require('./db');
const { Movie, Person } = db.models;

(async () => {
    //syncs all tables
    await db.sequelize.sync({ force: true });

    try {
        const movie = await Movie.create({
            title: 'Toy Story',
            runtime: 81,
            releaseDate: '1995-11-22',
            isAvailableOnVHS: true
        });
        console.log(movie.toJSON());
        const movie2 = await Movie.create({
            title: 'The martian',
            runtime: 115,
            releaseDate: '2004-04-14',
            isAvailableOnVHS: true
        });
        console.log(movie2.toJSON());
        const person = await Person.create({
            firstName: 'Tom',
            lastName: 'Hanks'
        });
        console.log(person.toJSON());
    } catch (error) {
        if (error.name === 'SequelizeValidationError') {
            const errors = error.errors.map(err => err.message);
            console.error('Validation errors:', errors);
        } else {
            throw error;
        }
    }
})();

person.js:

const Sequelize = require('sequelize');

module.exports = sequelize => {
    class Person extends Sequelize.Model {}
    Person.init(
        {
            firstName: {
                type: Sequelize.STRING,
                allowNull: false,
                validate: {
                    notNull: {
                        msg: 'Please provide a value for "firstName"'
                    },
                    notEmpty: {
                        msg: 'Please provide a value for "firstName"'
                    }
                }
            },
            lastName: {
                type: Sequelize.STRING,
                allowNull: false,
                validate: {
                    notNull: {
                        msg: 'Please provide a value for "lastName"'
                    },
                    notEmpty: {
                        msg: 'Please provide a value for "lastName"'
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        { sequelize }
    );
    return Person;
};

I get this error message:

> node app.js

(node:4738) [SEQUELIZE0002] DeprecationWarning: The logging-option should be either a function or false. Default: console.log
Executing (default): DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `People`;
Executing (default): DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `Movies`;
Executing (default): DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `Movies`;
Executing (default): CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `Movies` (`id` INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, `title` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, `runtime` INTEGER NOT NULL, `releaseDate` DATE NOT NULL, `isAvailableOnVHS` TINYINT(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, `createdAt` DATETIME NOT NULL, `updatedAt` DATETIME NOT NULL);
Executing (default): PRAGMA INDEX_LIST(`Movies`)
Executing (default): DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `People`;
Executing (default): CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `People` (`id` INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, `firstName` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, `lastName` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, `createdAt` DATETIME NOT NULL, `updatedAt` DATETIME NOT NULL);
Executing (default): PRAGMA INDEX_LIST(`People`)
Validation errors: [
  'Please provide a value for "firstName"',
  'Please provide a value for "lastName"'
]

1 Answer

Eric Niyongabo
Eric Niyongabo
256 Points
Eric Niyongabo
Eric Niyongabo
256 Points

you forget to import person.js in index.js file.

const Sequelize = require('sequelize');

const sequelize = new Sequelize({
    dialect: 'sqlite',
    storage: 'movies.db',
});

const db = {
    sequelize,
    Sequelize,
    models: {},
};

db.models.Movie = require('./models/movie')(sequelize);

// remember to add this line otherwise you will have validation error
db.models.Person = require('./models/person')(sequelize);

module.exports = db;