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ryantalbot2
12,537 Points
it appears several pieces of code are deprecated. I would include them here but I'm not allowed enough room to add them.

Posted on Aug 21, 2020 by ryantalbot2

ryantalbot2
12,537 Points
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Jason Pallone
11,340 Points
Where does user come from?

Posted on Apr 11, 2019 by Jason Pallone

Jason Pallone
11,340 Points
2 Answers
Jef Davis
29,162 Points
Bcrypt deprecated?

Posted on Dec 23, 2018 by Jef Davis

Jef Davis
29,162 Points
2 Answers
Marcos Cabrini Riani dos Reis
12,253 Points
User.findOne(...).exc is not a function

Posted on Jul 30, 2018 by Marcos Cabrini Riani dos Reis

Marcos Cabrini Riani dos Reis
12,253 Points
1 Answer
Luis Marsano
21,425 Points
Status code 401 seems incorrect. Is there a better solution?

Posted on Jun 30, 2018 by Luis Marsano

Luis Marsano
21,425 Points
3 Answers
benjaminfarnham
8,055 Points
'next' is not defined. Error in my user.js file.

Posted on Apr 26, 2018 by benjaminfarnham

benjaminfarnham
8,055 Points
1 Answer
Serdar Halac
15,259 Points
Is sending the SessionID by cookie safer than sending the UserID by cookie because sessionID expires by UserID doesn't?

Posted on Apr 7, 2018 by Serdar Halac

Serdar Halac
15,259 Points
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Serdar Halac
15,259 Points
Would the req.session.userId check be a security flaw if this web app were to be deployed?

Posted on Apr 7, 2018 by Serdar Halac

Serdar Halac
15,259 Points
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Brian Patterson
19,588 Points
Will not go to the profile page.

Posted on Mar 24, 2018 by Brian Patterson

Brian Patterson
19,588 Points
1 Answer
Tennyson Horn
14,660 Points
[SOLVED]: "401 Error: 'Wrong email or password'" on login attempt

Posted on Feb 24, 2018 by Tennyson Horn

Tennyson Horn
14,660 Points
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nfs
35,526 Points
In case anyone's wondering, there's a missing parenthesis in the code in the teacher's notes

Posted on Feb 10, 2018 by nfs

nfs
35,526 Points
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Andrew Gursky
12,576 Points
*[SOLVED]* 404 error on redirect to profile page.

Posted on Dec 27, 2017 by Andrew Gursky

Andrew Gursky
12,576 Points
1 Answer
Paul Scarpa
1,329 Points
Cannot set property 'userId' of undefined

Posted on Dec 25, 2017 by Paul Scarpa

Paul Scarpa
1,329 Points
0 Answers
Ikuyasu Usui
36 Points
Is this the standard method to add the authentication on express with mongoose?

Posted on Dec 3, 2017 by Ikuyasu Usui

Ikuyasu Usui
36 Points
1 Answer
Brian Anstett
5,831 Points
req.session is 'undefined' outside the user.authenticate() callback function

Posted on Nov 3, 2017 by Brian Anstett

Brian Anstett
5,831 Points
1 Answer
Victor Novikov
6,322 Points
"User id is never send to the client browser" -- but what do the send in a cookie then?

Posted on Oct 6, 2017 by Victor Novikov

Victor Novikov
6,322 Points
2 Answers
Gjgg Hghh
50 Points
User.authenticate gets error

Posted on Sep 25, 2017 by Gjgg Hghh

Gjgg Hghh
50 Points
0 Answers
Myron Castillo
12,916 Points
How is the 'user' in 'user._id' established as being the holder of all of the user information? Where was that set up?

Posted on Jul 4, 2017 by Myron Castillo

Myron Castillo
12,916 Points
2 Answers
Kartikey Singh
4,592 Points
Can't understand callback function

Posted on Jun 6, 2017 by Kartikey Singh

Kartikey Singh
4,592 Points
1 Answer
Corey Hayden
11,717 Points
what exactly does the mongoose 'exec' method do?

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Corey Hayden

Corey Hayden
11,717 Points
1 Answer
Juliette Tworsey
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,625 Points
Stormpath Link

Posted on Apr 14, 2017 by Juliette Tworsey

Juliette Tworsey
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,625 Points
0 Answers
PoJung Chen
5,856 Points
When will "user not found" error in user.js been shown?

Posted on Apr 10, 2017 by PoJung Chen

PoJung Chen
5,856 Points
2 Answers
Krystal Jackson
8,598 Points
Quick question about using data from mongo in a webpage.

Posted on Mar 29, 2017 by Krystal Jackson

Krystal Jackson
8,598 Points
2 Answers
Juliette Tworsey
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,625 Points
Change favorite book on profile page

Posted on Feb 16, 2017 by Juliette Tworsey

Juliette Tworsey
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,625 Points
3 Answers
Brendan Moran
14,052 Points
A solution for more specific error handling

Posted on Feb 10, 2017 by Brendan Moran

Brendan Moran
14,052 Points
1 Answer
Alex Bussey
20,846 Points
Receive 'Cast to ObjectId Failed' error after trying to login

Posted on Jan 11, 2017 by Alex Bussey

Alex Bussey
20,846 Points
0 Answers
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Anand Mohan Duddella
Courses Plus Student 8,264 Points
the session id which is set with the user id in the User.authenticate() function is not available outside

Posted on Nov 9, 2016 by Anand Mohan Duddella

Anand Mohan Duddella
Courses Plus Student 8,264 Points
2 Answers
Daniel Conde
3,881 Points
Dealing with error in bcrypt.compare callback

Posted on Aug 7, 2016 by Daniel Conde

Daniel Conde
3,881 Points
2 Answers
Lucas Santos
19,315 Points
Can you please explain your use of the .exec method

Posted on Aug 5, 2016 by Lucas Santos

Lucas Santos
19,315 Points
2 Answers

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