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    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
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  • ryantalbot2
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    1 Answer

  • Jason Pallone
    Jason Pallone
    11,340 Points

    Where does user come from?

    Posted on Apr 11, 2019 by Jason Pallone
    Jason Pallone
    11,340 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Creating the Profile Route and Page

    2 Answers

  • Jef Davis
    Jef Davis
    29,162 Points

    Bcrypt deprecated?

    Posted on Dec 23, 2018 by Jef Davis
    Jef Davis
    29,162 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Working with Sessions in Express

    2 Answers

  • Marcos Cabrini Riani dos Reis
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Creating the Profile Route and Page

    1 Answer

  • Luis Marsano
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    3 Answers

  • benjaminfarnham
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Creating the Profile Route and Page

    1 Answer

  • Serdar Halac
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    0 Answers

  • Serdar Halac
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Creating the Profile Route and Page

    0 Answers

  • Brian Patterson
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Creating the Profile Route and Page

    1 Answer

  • Tennyson Horn
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Creating the Profile Route and Page

    0 Answers

  • nfs
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Working with Sessions in Express

    2 Answers

  • Andrew Gursky
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Creating the Profile Route and Page

    1 Answer

  • Paul Scarpa
    Paul Scarpa
    1,329 Points

    Cannot set property 'userId' of undefined

    Posted on Dec 25, 2017 by Paul Scarpa
    Paul Scarpa
    1,329 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Creating the Profile Route and Page

    0 Answers

  • Ikuyasu Usui
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    1 Answer

  • Brian Anstett
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    1 Answer

  • Victor Novikov
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    2 Answers

  • Gjgg Hghh
    Gjgg Hghh
    50 Points

    User.authenticate gets error

    Posted on Sep 25, 2017 by Gjgg Hghh
    Gjgg Hghh
    50 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    0 Answers

  • Myron Castillo
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    2 Answers

  • Kartikey Singh
    Kartikey Singh
    4,592 Points

    Can't understand callback function

    Posted on Jun 6, 2017 by Kartikey Singh
    Kartikey Singh
    4,592 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    1 Answer

  • Corey Hayden
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    1 Answer

  • Juliette Tworsey
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    Juliette Tworsey
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,625 Points

    Stormpath Link

    Posted on Apr 14, 2017 by Juliette Tworsey
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    Juliette Tworsey
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,625 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    0 Answers

  • PoJung Chen
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    2 Answers

  • Krystal Jackson
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Working with Sessions in Express

    2 Answers

  • Juliette Tworsey
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    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
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    Juliette Tworsey
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,625 Points
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Creating the Profile Route and Page

    3 Answers

  • Brendan Moran
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    1 Answer

  • Alex Bussey
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Creating the Profile Route and Page

    0 Answers

  • Anand Mohan Duddella
    PLUS
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    2 Answers

  • Daniel Conde
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Authenticating the Username and Password

    2 Answers

  • Lucas Santos
    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
    • JavaScript
    • User Authentication With Express and Mongo
    • Sessions and Cookies
    • Creating the Profile Route and Page

    2 Answers

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