I am a beginner in VueJs and Expressjs. I am trying to make frontend side by Vuejs and backend by ExpressJs. I send a post request to the backend (expressJs) and :
1- Response is undefined
2- At the same time I can see 2 requests in chrome development tools. One is Option and another one is Post.
3- With postman there is no problem at all.
Here is the code of app.js in express
console.log('Server is running')
const express = require('express'),
bodyParser = require('body-parser'),
cors = require('cors'),
morgan = require('morgan');
app = new express();
//Setup middleware
app.use(cors());
app.use(morgan('combined'))
app.use(bodyParser.json())
app.post('/register', (req, res, next) => {
res.send({
message: `Hello ${req.body.email}! your user was registered!`
})
});
app.listen(8081);
And here is the code in VueJs :
// Api Setting
import axios from 'axios'
export const HTTP = axios.create({
baseURL: `http://localhost:8081`
});
// AuthenticationService
import { HTTP } from '../services/Api'
export default {
register(credentials) {
HTTP.post('register', credentials);
}
}
// Register Component
export default {
data() {
return {
email: '',
password: ''
};
},
methods: {
async register() {
const response = await AuthenticationService.register({
email: this.email,
password: this.password
});
console.log(response); // the value is undefined
}
}
};
I really don't know what I missed here that I get an undefined response and 2 requests at the same time. I appreciate any hint.
Whole code on github repo : here
Maybe. Authentication.register is not returning anything or more specifically a Promise which should be used to populate const response in the await call.
Try returning something like so: return HTTP.post('register', credentials); inside register.
For this to work though, HTTP.post('register', credentials) should also return something.
I use JSON.stringify to send the data, you are sending the objects directly, so
register(credentials) {
HTTP.post('register', credentials);
}
becomes
register(credentials) {
HTTP.post('register', JSON.stringify(credentials));
}
Related
I have an api in express js that stores token in cookie on the client-side (react). The cookie is generated only when the user logins into the site. For example, when I test the login api with the postman, the cookie is generated as expected like this:
But when I log in with react.js then no cookie is found in the browser. Looks like the cookie was not passed to the front end as the screenshot demonstrates below:
As we got an alert message this means express api is working perfectly without any error!!
Here is my index.js file on express js that includes cookie-parser middleware as well
require("dotenv").config();
const port = process.env.PORT || 5050;
const express = require("express");
const app = express();
const cors = require("cors");
const authRouter = require("./routes/auth");
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser')
connect_db();
app.use(express.json());
app.use(cookieParser())
app.use(cors());
app.use("/" , authRouter);
app.listen(port , () => {
console.log("Server is running!!");
})
Code for setting up the cookie from express api only controller
const User = require("../models/user");
const jwt = require("jsonwebtoken");
const bcrypt = require('bcrypt')
const login = async (req, res) => {
const { email, password } = req.body;
try {
const checkDetails = await User.findOne({ email });
if (checkDetails) {
const { password: hashedPassword, token, username } = checkDetails;
bcrypt.compare(password, hashedPassword, function (err, matched) {
if (matched) {
res.cookie("token", token, { expires: new Date(Date.now() + (5 * 60000)) , httpOnly: true }).json({ "message": "You logged in sucessfully!" });
} else {
res.status(500).json({ "message": "Wrong password" });
}
});
} else {
res.status(500).json({ "message": "Wrong email" });
}
} catch (error) {
console.log(error.message);
}
}
Here is the react.js code that I am using to fetch data from api without using a proxy in package.json file
if (errors.length === 0) {
const isLogin = await fetch("http://localhost:5000/api/login", {
method: "POST",
body: JSON.stringify({ email, password }),
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
});
const res = await isLogin.json();
if(res) alert(res.message);
}
I want to get to know what is the reason behind this "getting cookie in postman but not in the browser". Do I need to use any react package?
The network tab screenshot might help you.
If I see in the network tab I get the same cookie, set among the other headers
To my understanding, fetch doesn't send requests with the cookies your browser has stored for that domain, and similarly, it doesn't store any cookies it receives in the response. This seems to be the expected behaviour of fetch.
To override this, try setting the credentials option when making the request, like so:
fetch(url, {
// ...
credentials: 'include'
})
or, alternatively:
fetch(url, {
// ...
credentials: 'same-origin'
})
You can read more about the differences between the two here.
I got my error resolved with two changings in my code
In front end just added credentials: 'include'
fetch(url, {
method : "POST"
body : body,
headers : headers,
credentials: 'include'
})
And in back end just replaced app.use(cors()); to
app.use(cors({ origin: 'http://localhost:3000', credentials: true, exposedHeaders: ['Set-Cookie', 'Date', 'ETag'] }))
That's it got resolved, Now I have cookies stored in my browser!!! Great. Thanks to this article:
https://www.anycodings.com/2022/01/react-app-express-server-set-cookie-not.html
during development i also faced same things, let me help you that how i solve it,
Firstly you use proxy in your react package.json, below private one:-
"private": true,
"proxy":"http://127.0.0.1:5000",
mention the same port on which your node server is running
Like:-
app.listen(5000,'127.0.0.1',()=>{
console.log('Server is Running');
});
above both must be on same , now react will run on port 3000 as usual but now we will create proxy to react So, react and node ports get connected on same with the help of proxy indirectly.
Now, when you will make GET or POST request from react then don't provide full URL, only provide the path on which you wants to get hit in backend and get response,
Example:-
React side on sending request, follow like this:-
const submitHandler=()=>{
axios.post('/api/loginuser',
{mobile:inputField.mobile,password:inputField.password})
.then((res)=>{
console.log(res);
})
.catch((err)=>{
console.log(err);
})
}
Node side where it will hit:-
app.post('/api/loginuser', async(req,res)=>{
//Your Code Stuff Here
res.send()
}
on both side same link should hit, it is very important
it will 100%.
don't forget to mention
on node main main where server is listening
I know there are a lot of other "works in postman and not in browser" posts, but I've read through them and cannot find anything to give direction on what I'm not catching here. Most of those had to do with proxy issues, but I dont have any proxy's set up.
I recently changed from using a pymongo backend to mongoose/express. My find() works for the get all clients just fine on the browser side, but the findOne() get comes back undefined (I was getting an unexpected token JSON error but that is resolved although I dont know what actually fixed it), yet in Postman it brings exactly what I'm looking for. I'm assuming its something simple, but I can't seem to spot it.
Backend-
index.js
const express = require("express")
const mongoose = require("mongoose")
const cors = require('cors')
const clientRoutes = require("./routes/clientRoutes")
const contractRoutes = require("./routes/contractRoutes")
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
mongoose
.connect("MONGODB URL", { useNewUrlParser: true })
.then(() => {
const app = express()
app.use(express.json())
app.use(cors())
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use("/api", clientRoutes)
app.use("/api", contractRoutes)
app.listen(5000, () => {
console.log("Server has started")
})
})
Schema
const mongoose = require("mongoose")
const schema = mongoose.Schema({
clientId: Number,
firstName: String,
lastName: String,
phone: String,
contracts: [{
contractId: Number,
authNumber: String,
contType: String,
contHours: Number,
contStartDate: Date,
contEndDate: Date
}],
})
module.exports = mongoose.model("Client", schema)
routes-
const express = require("express")
const Client = require("../models/Client.js")
const router = express.Router()
//Client routes
router.get("/clients", async (req, res) => {
const clients = await Client.find()
res.send(clients)
})
router.get("/clients/:clientId", async (req, res) => {
try {
const client = await Client.findOne({ clientId: req.params.clientId })
res.send(client)
} catch {
res.status(404)
res.send({ error: "Client not found"})
}
})
React frontend component making the request-
import React from 'react';
import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
import { withRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
import ChartNav from './ChartNav';
import ClientContext from './ClientContext';
class ClientChart extends React.Component {
static get propTypes() {
return {
match: PropTypes.any,
clientId: PropTypes.any
}
}
constructor (props){
super(props);
this.state = {
clientId: this.props.match.params.clientId,
client: {},
isLoading: true,
errors: null
};
console.log(this.state.clientId)
}
componentDidMount(){
fetch(`http://localhost:5000/api/clients/${this.state.clientId}`)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(
result => {
let client = JSON.parse(result.data);
this.setState({
isLoading: false,
client: client,
});
}, [])
.catch(error => this.setState({
error: error.message,
isLoading: false,
}));
}
console and response
404
XHR GET http://localhost:5000/api/clients/undefined
error "Client not found"
So in trying to track it down, I switched clientId back to id (which I had been using previously, and changed the prop in the DB for 1 client back to id to test), and calling console.log after the initial response from the fetch showed the data coming through. When I setState from that initial response, all props populated where they should. In reverting the id back to clientId and changing the routes, and using a client with the clientId field, etc., nothing works again. So if anyone knows why React is happy with id but not clientId as an identifier, please let me know. Even weirder is that its able to call all the other clients who I still have listed with clientId, and the routes are calling by clientId, not id... so Im at a total loss as to whats happening under the hood.
Below is the working get call (I also threw in axios at one point in trying to track it down and left it there, but initially it did not make any difference).
axios.get(`http://localhost:5000/api/clients/${this.state.id}`)
.then((response) => {
const data = response.data;
console.log(response.data);
this.setState({
client: data,
isLoading: false,
});
}, [])
I'm using Axios to query an endpoint in my backend. When I try and do this, I get a 404 not found. If I copy/paste the uri it gives in the error from the console and try and access it directly in the browser it connects fine and does not give me an error (instead giving me an empty object which is expected).
Below is my Axios code
axios.post("/api/myEndpoint", { id: this.userID })
.then((response) => {
this.property = response.data.property;
})
.catch((errors) => {
console.log(errors);
router.push("/");
});
Below is the route definition in my backend
const myEndpointRoute = require('../api/myEndpoint.js')();
exprApp.use('/api/myEndpoint', myEndpointRoute);
For reference, the uri is 'http://localhost:3000/api/myEndpoint'. I can access this uri completely fine in the browser but Axios returns a 404 as described above. It is for this reason that I'm confident this is an issue in the frontend, however I have set up this Axios request in the same way as the many others I have and they all work fine.
Edit: here's the rest of the backend
myEndpoint.js
module.exports = function() {
const express = require('express'), router = express.Router();
const authMiddleware = require('../loaders/authMiddleware.js')();
router.get('/', authMiddleware, async function(req, res) {
const id = req.body.id;
const property = await require('../services/myEndpointService.js')
(id).catch((e) => { console.log(e) });
res.send({ property: property });
});
return router;
};
myEndpointService.js
module.exports = async function(id) {
const results = await require('../models/getMyEndpointProperty')(id);
return results;
};
getMyEndpointProperty
module.exports = async function(id) {
const pool = require('../loaders/pool.js')();
const res = await pool.query(`SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE id = ${id};`);
return res.rows;
};
myEndpoint.js defines only a GET method but your axios call sends a POST in the frontend. Try changing (or adding) the express route:
// notice the `.post`
router.post('/', authMiddleware, async function(req, res) {
...
})
It worked when you manually tested it in the browser for this reason as well, since the browser sent a GET request.
I am using Express for my Back end of my React app when i set a session in a page and redirect to another page of my web app the session deleted
Here my express code :
async function createUser(req, res, next) {
try {
let parameters = req.body
let user = await models.User.create({
displayName: parameters.displayName,
phone: parameters.phone,
sex: parameters.sex,
password: parameters.password,
})
req.session.user = user.dataValues;
res.json({
status: 'success',
user,
})
}
and here is my react code :
onSubmit = (event) => {
event.preventDefault()
request.post('/newuser',{
displayName:this.state.name,
phone:this.state.phone,
password:this.state.password,
sex:this.state.sex
})
.then(function(response){
this.props.authenticate(true)
this.setState({
auth:true
})
}.bind(this))
}
and here is my react render method:
render(){
if(this.state.auth)
return <Redirect to='/profile' />;
}
with all this describes when i redirected to the profile page i dont have any session and all hope is gone :))
please help me solve this problem .
When you use axios for sending request you should do this :
In Front (React) :
You should set withCredentials: true in axios setting like this :
import axios from 'axios'
import config from '../../config'
const request = axios.create({
baseURL: config.url,
timeout: 20000,
withCredentials: true,
});
export default request
In Back (Node/Express) : you should add this code the the cors
const express = require('express')
const cors = require('cors')
app.use(cors({
origin:['http://localhost:9520']//your front url,
methods:['GET','POST'],
credentials: true
}))
I figured it out by searching, Thanks for not helping though :))
I am trying to debug a failing JWT auth setup, which always returns a 401.
My passport setup (middleware/auth.js)
import passport from 'passport'
import { Strategy as JwtStrategy, ExtractJwt } from 'passport-jwt'
module.exports = function() {
var options = {};
options.jwtFromRequest = ExtractJwt.fromAuthHeader()
options.secretOrKey = 'superdupersecret'
var strategy = new JwtStrategy(options, function(payload, done) {
console.log('this is not printing') <---------------
var user = payload.sub || null;
if (user) {
return done(null, { id: user._id });
} else {
return done(new Error("User not found"), null);
}
});
passport.use(strategy);
return {
initialize: () => {
console.log('this only prints on boot'); <---------------
return passport.initialize();
},
authenticate: () => {
console.log('this too') <---------------
return passport.authenticate("jwt", {session: false});
}
};
};
My server.js file where I initialize passport:
import express from 'express'
(...)
var auth = require("./middleware/auth.js")();
// Instantiate app
const app = express();
// Initialize passport for auth use
app.use(auth.initialize())
And my protected route that always returns a 401:
import express from 'express'
var auth = require("../middleware/auth.js")();
const userRouter = express.Router()
userRouter.get('/dashboard', auth.authenticate(), (req, res) => {
res.send('It worked! User id is: ' + req.user + '.')
})
export default userRouter
I have tried to add print statements within the actual passport.js module itself, as well as passport-jwt, with no success.
After the authentication middleware on the protected route, nothing logs.
I have tried a ton of setup permutations over the past 3 days now. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Ok, I followed the tutorial you mentioned and it seems to work.
Here are some notes (some may be obvious, no offense).
Copy exactly the code as the tutorial
After you have everything, you need to "login". Make a POST request to /token. Content type has to be application/json and on the body of the request you need to sent an object with email and password (from tutorial).
After you login, the server returns a token.
Take that token and now make a GET request to /user. In the headers of the request add: Authorization: JWT [your token here]. You have to write "JWT" and the token separated by one space.
The server returns a status 200. I modified so it returns the user.
app.get("/user", auth.authenticate(), function(req, res) {
res.json({user: req.user});
});