Hi there im having difficulty with my post request for login,
I’ve managed to get register working and i redirect it to login so i can attempt, the account registered goes onto mongodb correctly, from some testing with multiple logs, turns out the post for login isnt effecting it, and it simply redirects again to login, unsure how that is
heres what i got
const mongoose = require('mongoose')
const userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
name: {
type: String,
required: true
},
email: {
type: String,
required: true
},
password: {
type: String,
required: true
}
})
module.exports = mongoose.model('users', userSchema)
This is for where im storing the users info for the login page
<h1>Login</h1>
<form action="/login" method="GET">
<div>
<label for="name">Name</label>
<input type="name" id="name" name="name" required>
</div>
<div>
<label for="email">Email</label>
<input type="email" id="email" name="email" required>
</div>
<div>
<label for="password">Password</label>
<input type="password" id="password" name="password" required>
</div>
<button type="submit">Login</button>
</form>
<a href="/">Register a User</a>
Register is the same as this only with the href relating to this login page
const express = require('express')
const router = express.Router()
const users = require('../models/users')
const book = require('../models/book')
router.get('/home', async (req, res) => {
let books
try {
books = await book.find().sort({ createdAt: 'desc' }).limit(10).exec()
} catch {
books = []
}
res.render('home.ejs', { books: books })
})
//Login user
router.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.render('index.ejs')
})
router.get('/login', async (req, res) => {
res.render('login')
})
router.post('/login', async (req, res) => {
console.log("HI")
try{
const valid=await users.findOne({name:req.body.name})
if (valid.password===req.body.password){
res.render('home')
}
else{
console.log("HI")
res.send("Incorrect Password Try again?")
res.render('home')
}
}catch{
console.log("HI")
res.render('home')
}
})
//Register and upload to DB
router.post('/', async (req, res) => {
const user = ({
name: req.body.name,
email: req.body.email,
password: req.body.password,
})
await users.insertMany([user])
res.redirect('/')
})
module.exports = router
>Solution :
In your form you have mentioned method as "GET" . It is a post request so method should be "POST".
<form action="/login" method="post">