I'm building a user auth in the backend. I created a post method for registering a new user
userRouter.post("/", expressAsyncHandler(async (req, res) =>
{
try {
const { name, email, password } = req.body;
const userExists = await User.findOne({ email });
if (userExists) {
res.status(400).json({ message: "User already exists" });
}
const user = await User.create({
name,
email,
password,
});
if (user) {
res.status(201).json({
data: {
_id: user._id,
name: user.name,
email: user.email,
token: generateToken(user._id),
},
});
} else {
res.status(400).json({ message: "Registration failed" });
}
} catch (error) {
res.status(500).json({message:error.message})
}
}))
It is working but shows
Cannot set headers after they send it to the client
I'm feeling a little uncomfortable with this code. so how can I make the code cleaner and more efficient? what are the best practices to follow?
Thanks in advance :)
two possible error.
Cannot set headers after they send it to the client
It happens when you are trying to set headers again. And in your case, it might be happening when you send the response and it breaks you again send or reset headers i.e status code in the catch block.
You can do one thing by adding console.log before the responses you are sending to debug it and you will be able to see what is causing it.
Also, you can check this link for more details before directly jumping into debugging.
Because if your API run successfully then you have to put (200) instead of (201) because if your API sends a request then the API response code is 200.
see in the image if you send a request in postman they also give status 200
I hope it's working for you.