Dognation Project, not login in, Still on guest

Hi Guys, am having issue with login in. registering look fine, as it return username and password found. but the IU does not look like it gone to the new user page.
i little bit of guidance or advice will be much appreciated.

this is the only message i got from node.

app.js

// Import packages
const express = require("express");
const app = express();
const session = require("express-session");
const passport = require("passport");

// App config
app.set("trust proxy", 1);
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 4001;
app.use(express.json());
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
app.set("view engine", "ejs");
// Import Passport config
require("./config/passport");

// Session Config
app.use(
  session({
    secret: "1234567890",
    cookie: { maxAge: 500000000,
              secure: true,
              sameSite: 'none'},    
    saveUninitialized: false,
    resave: false,
  })
)
// Passport Config
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());

// Routes
app.use(require("./routes/index.routes"));

app.get("/", (req, res) => {
  const user = req.user || "Guest";
  res.render("home", { user: user });
});


app.listen(PORT, () => {
  console.log(`Server is listening on port: ${PORT}`);
});

users.routes.js

const express = require("express");
const router = express.Router();
const helper = require("../helpers/helper");
const passport = require("passport");
const filename = "./data/users.json";
const bcrypt = require("bcrypt");
let users = require("../data/users.json");

// Register New User:
router.post("/register", async (req, res) => {
  const { username, password } = req.body;
  const id = { id: helper.getNewId(users) };
  try {
    const user = await helper.userExists(username);
    if (user) {
      console.log("User already exists!");
      return res.redirect("login");
    }
    // Hash password before storing in local DB:
    const salt = await bcrypt.genSalt(10);
    const hashedPassword = await bcrypt.hash(password, salt);
    const newUser = { ...id, username, password: hashedPassword };

    // Store new user in local DB
    await users.push(newUser);
    await helper.writeJSONFile(filename, users);

    res.redirect("login");
  } catch (err) {
    res.status(500).json({ message: err.message });
  }
});

// Log In User:
router.post("/login", 
  passport.authenticate("local", {failureRedirect: "/login"}),
(req, res) => {
  res.redirect("../");
});

// Log out user:
router.get("/logout", (req, res) => {
  req.logout();
  res.redirect("../");
});

router.get("/register", (req, res) => {
  res.render("register");
});

router.get("/login", (req, res) => {
  res.render("login");
});

module.exports = router;

passport.js

const passport = require("passport");
const LocalStrategy = require("passport-local").Strategy;
const bcrypt = require("bcrypt");
const helper = require("../helpers/helper");

// Set up the Passport strategy:
passport.use(new LocalStrategy(
   function (username, password, done) {  
      helper.findByUsername(username, async function(err, user) {
        const matchedPassword = await bcrypt.compare(password, user.password);
      if(err) {
        return done(err);
        }
      if(!user) {
        return done(null, false);
        }
      if(!matchedPassword) {
        return done(null, false);
        }
      return done(null, user);
    })   
  }
))
// Serialize a user
passport.serializeUser((user, done) => {
  done(null, user.id);
});

// Deserialize a user
passport.deserializeUser((id, done) => {
  helper.findById( id, function (err, user) {
    if (err) 
    return done(err);
    done(null, user);
  });  
});



Hey, Phil. First of all, thanks for posting your code. It helped me fix a few of my bugs, and I ultimately got my project working properly. I’ll share my code, so you can compare line by line. I think at least one thing is you forgot to create a MemoryStore instance in app.js and to place it in the session object. Perhaps you’re logging in but then your session isn’t persisting.
app.js

// Import packages const express = require("express"); const app = express(); const session = require("express-session"); const passport = require("passport"); // App config app.set("trust proxy", 1); const PORT = process.env.PORT || 4001; app.use(express.json()); app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true })); app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public')); app.set("view engine", "ejs"); // Import Passport config require("./config/passport"); // Session Config const store = new session.MemoryStore(); app.use(session({ secret: 'd83nfn;32#cjis*HHFIEOCmdmadI8', cookie: { maxAge: 172800000 , secure: true, sameSite: 'none' }, saveUninitialized: false, resave: false, store })); // Passport Config app.use(passport.initialize()); app.use(passport.session()); // Routes app.use(require("./routes/index.routes")); app.get("/", (req, res) => { const user = req.user || "Guest"; res.render("home", { user }); }); app.listen(PORT, () => { console.log(`Server is listening on port: ${PORT}`); });

users.routes.js

const express = require("express"); const router = express.Router(); const helper = require("../helpers/helper"); const passport = require("passport"); const filename = "./data/users.json"; const bcrypt = require("bcrypt"); let users = require("../data/users.json"); // Register New User: router.post("/register", async (req, res) => { const { username, password } = req.body; const id = { id: helper.getNewId(users) }; try { const user = await helper.userExists(username); if (user) { console.log("User already exists!"); return res.redirect("login"); } // Hash password before storing in local DB: const salt = await bcrypt.genSalt(10); const hashedPassword = await bcrypt.hash(password, salt); const newUser = { ...id, username, password: hashedPassword }; // Store new user in local DB await users.push(newUser); await helper.writeJSONFile(filename, users); res.redirect("login"); } catch (err) { res.status(500).json({ message: err.message }); } }); // Log In User: router.post( "/login", passport.authenticate('local', { failureRedirect: '/login'}), (req, res) => { res.redirect("../"); } ); // Log out user: router.get("/logout", (req, res) => { req.logout(); res.redirect("../"); }); router.get("/register", (req, res) => { res.render("register"); }); router.get("/login", (req, res) => { res.render("login"); }); module.exports = router;

passport.js

const passport = require("passport"); const LocalStrategy = require("passport-local").Strategy; const bcrypt = require("bcrypt"); const helper = require("../helpers/helper"); passport.use(new LocalStrategy( function (username, password, done) { helper.findByUsername(username, async (err, user) => { if (err) return done(err); if (!user) return done(null, false); const matchedPassword = await bcrypt.compare(password, user.password); if (!matchedPassword) return done(null, false); return done(null, user); }) } )) // Serialize a user passport.serializeUser((user, done) => { done(null, user.id); }); // Deserialize a user passport.deserializeUser((id, done) => { helper.findById(id, function (err, user) { if (err) return done(err); done(null, user); }) })
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Thanks so much, I’ve fixed my code thanks to you.
Cheers

Guys, thank you for sharing your code! I was able to check with your code and fix my issues :pray:t2:

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