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Cannot set headers after they are sent to the client - google sign in error

I am working through an authentication application from devchallenges.io. So far, I've been able to set up the basic login with email and password. I'm now trying to set up google login auth. When testing the server with Postman I get the error Error [ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT]: Cannot set headers after they are sent to the client. The app seems to stills work as a json web token is returned so not too sure why I'm getting this error.

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server.js

// @route    POST auth/google
// @desc     auth user with google
// @access   Public
app.post('/auth/google', (req, res) => {
  const { token } = req.body;
  const CLIENT_ID =
    '1068367393637-jtuoidgq5mi5krd5q31u9ncjovt3fvgh.apps.googleusercontent.com';
  const client = new OAuth2Client(CLIENT_ID);

  let { email, name, picture, password } = '';

  async function verify() {
    const ticket = await client.verifyIdToken({
      idToken: token,
      audience: CLIENT_ID,
    });
    const payload = ticket.getPayload();
    const userid = payload['sub'];

    email = payload.email;
    name = payload.name;
    picture = payload.picture;
    password = generator.generateMultiple({
      length: 6,
    });

    try {
      // See if user exists
      let user = await AuthUser.findOne({ email });
      if (user) {
        // Return jsonwebtoken
        const payload = {
          user: {
            id: user.id,
          },
        };

        jwt.sign(
          payload,
          config.get('jwtSecret'),
          { expiresIn: '5 days' },
          (err, token) => {
            if (err) throw err;
            res.json({ token });
          }
        );
      }

      user = new AuthUser({
        name,
        email,
        picture,
        password,
      });
      // Encrypt password
      const salt = await bcrypt.genSalt(10);
      user.password = await bcrypt.hash(password, salt);
      await user.save();
      // Return jsonwebtoken
      const payload = {
        user: {
          id: user.id,
        },
      };
      jwt.sign(
        payload,
        config.get('jwtSecret'),
        { expiresIn: '5 days' },
        (err, token) => {
          if (err) throw err;
          res.json({ token });
        }
      );
    } catch (error) {
      console.error(error.message);
      res.status(500).send('Server error');
    }
  }
  verify().catch(console.error);
});
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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All I had to do was add an else conditional statement.

if (user) {
        // Return jsonwebtoken
        const payload = {
          user: {
            id: user.id,
          },
        };

        jwt.sign(
          payload,
          config.get('jwtSecret'),
          { expiresIn: '5 days' },
          (err, token) => {
            if (err) throw err;
            res.json({ token });
          }
        );
      } else {
        user = new AuthUser({
          name,
          email,
          picture,
          password,
        });
        // Encrypt password
        const salt = await bcrypt.genSalt(10);
        user.password = await bcrypt.hash(password, salt);
        await user.save();
        // Return jsonwebtoken
        const payload = {
          user: {
            id: user.id,
          },
        };
        jwt.sign(
          payload,
          config.get('jwtSecret'),
          { expiresIn: '5 days' },
          (err, token) => {
            if (err) throw err;
            res.json({ token });
          }
        );
      }
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report
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