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JavaScript

jason limmm
jason limmm
7,854 Points
Posted by jason limmm
jason limmm
7,854 Points

cookie not being saved

here is my pug

doctype html
html(lang="en")
    head
        title Flashcards
    body
        block content

extends boilerplate.pug

block content
    if name
        h1 Hello, #{name}!
    else 
        form(action="/hello", method="post")
            label Please enter your name:
                input(type="text" name="username")
            button(type="submit") Submit

here is my js code

const express = require('express');
const bodyparser = require('body-parser');
const cookieparser = require('cookie-parser')
const app = express();

app.use(bodyparser.urlencoded({ extended: false}))
app.use(cookieparser());
app.set('view engine', 'pug');


app.listen(3000, ()=>console.log("app.js is now listening to port 3000!"));

app.get("/", (req, res)=>{
    res.render('yowassup');
});

app.get("/hello", (req, res)=>{
    res.render('hello', { name:req.cookies.username });
});

app.post("/hello", (req, res)=>{
    res.render('hello', {name:req.body.username});
});

anything i did wrong in this code when i submitted the form it doesn't save the cookie

1 Answer

Rohald van Merode
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Rohald van Merode
Treehouse Staff
Rohald van Merode
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Rohald van Merode
Treehouse Staff

Hey jason limmm 👋

Looking at the HTML form ,you're making a POST request to /hello, but the route in your JS code is not doing anything with that information other than passing it to the hello template. You're not actually creating a cookie to store the value in.