authenticate(request, response) {
const user = userstore.getUserByEmail(request.body.email);
if (user) {
response.cookie('watchlist', user.email);
logger.info('logging in' + user.email);
response.redirect('/start');
} else {
response.redirect('/login');
}
},
getCurrentUser (request) {
const userEmail = request.cookies.watchlist;
return userstore.getUserByEmail(userEmail);
}
}
Here the code authenticates a user and up above it defines 'watchlist' as a cookie, however it keeps telling me it is undefined. How do I fix this?
getUserByEmail is probably an async function. Be sure use await to make sure that we wait for the promise to resolve and return a value before moving to the next line. In your case it will look like this:
async authenticate(request, response) {
const user = await userstore.getUserByEmail(request.body.email);
if (user) {
response.cookie('watchlist', user.email);
logger.info('logging in' + user.email);
response.redirect('/start');
} else {
response.redirect('/login');
}
},
async getCurrentUser (request) {
const userEmail = request.cookies.watchlist;
return await userstore.getUserByEmail(userEmail);
}
}
Further reading: JavaScript Async Await