express – Row Coding

Angular and Express routing

September 24, 2023 by Tarik

Add these routes to your express server app.get(‘/partials/:filename’, routes.partials); app.use(routes.index); Then in routes.js exports.partials = function(req, res){ var filename = req.params.filename; if(!filename) return; // might want to change this res.render(“partials/” + filename ); }; exports.index = function(req, res){ res.render(‘index’, {message:”Hello!!!”}); }; This will make sure that express returns rendered templates when making requests to partials/index … Read more

How do I store JWT and send them with every request using react

September 15, 2023 by Tarik

Do not store the token in localStorage, the token can be compromised using xss attack. I think the best solution will be to provide both access token and refresh token to the client on login action. save the access token in memory (e.g redux state) and the refresh token should be created on the server … Read more

Queries hang when using mongoose.createConnection() vs mongoose.connect()

September 5, 2023 by Tarik

Unfortunately, this isn’t a simple refactor. 1) .createConnection vs .connect When using .createConnection, you access models via the explicit connection you create with this call. This means that instead of User = mongoose.model(…) you need User = db.model(…). Examples (one, two, three, four) show this isn’t complicated but the change is subtle enough that many … Read more

paypal express checkout =>Error: Security header is not valid

August 29, 2023 by Tarik

generally this error means you are not using the correct API credentials. If you are convinced your credentials are correct then take a look at your endpoint. Sandbox credentials will not be valid in the production environment and live credentials will produce this error in the sandbox

node-express app.get() marked as unresolved in webstorm

August 26, 2023 by Tarik

Instead of express definitelyTyped, use express types in your project: npm install –save-dev @types/express Alternatively, for yarn users: yarn add –dev @types/express

Documentation for “ensureAuthentication” “isAuthenticated” passport’s functions?

August 24, 2023 by Tarik

While not explicitly documented anywhere easily found, you can see where the the isAuthenticated and isUnauthenticated flags are set in the Passport code at https://github.com/jaredhanson/passport/blob/a892b9dc54dce34b7170ad5d73d8ccfba87f4fcf/lib/passport/http/request.js#L74. ensureAuthenticated is not official, but can be implemented via the following: function ensureAuthenticated(req, res, next) { if (req.isAuthenticated()) return next(); else // Return error content: res.jsonp(…) or redirect: res.redirect(‘/login’) } … Read more

What is the difference using react-router and the express routes.js

August 19, 2023 by Tarik

Note: this stackoverflow post contains examples and codes that could help you a lot. It’s a classical misunderstanding. Express will handle your backend routes whereas React (with react-router or any front-end routing lib) will handle frontend routes. Your React application will probably be an SPA (single page application), meaning that your server (express or something … Read more

How to set content-type when doing res.send()?

August 16, 2023 by Tarik

setHeader before sending: https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_response_setheader_name_value res.setHeader(‘content-type’, ‘text/plain’); res.send(JSON.stringify({…}));

How to go up using __dirname in the folder hierarchy

July 29, 2023 by Tarik

if you’re in server.js then you mean app.use(express.static( __dirname + ‘/../app’));

Graphql post body “Must provide query string.”

July 7, 2023 by Tarik

Post request needs to manage headers info. Using Http client – Content-Type: application/json Using Postman client – Content-Type: application/graphql but request body looks like string {“query”:”mutation{update(id:1,x1:\”zazaz\”,x2:\”zazaz\”……){id x1 x2}}”}