I would like to know how I can find my forum using my JWT token
exports.getByOwnerID = function (req, res, next) {
Forum.find({createdBy: req.body.createdBy})
.then(doc => {
if(!doc) { return res.status(400).end();}
return res.status(200).json(doc);
})
.catch(err => next(err));
}
So here I have my function to verify my JWT Token I use it for example this way
this is my route : router.post('/',verifyToken,getOwner);
this is my request : POST http://localhost:8080/forum/getOwner Authorization: Bearer {token}
const extractToken = (rawTokenHeader) => {
if(!rawTokenHeader) { return undefined; }
// Remove bearer and extract token value
const temp = rawTokenHeader.split(' ');
if(!temp || temp.length != 2) { return undefined; }
// Return encoded token
return temp[1];
};
module.exports = function(req,res,next){
// Get authorization header
const rawTokenHeader = req.header('Authorization');
// Get token value
const token = extractToken(rawTokenHeader);
// No token -> No access
if(!token) {
console.log('No token in request');
// Access denied
return res.status(401).send('Access Denied');
}
// Verify token
try {
const decoded = jwt.verify(token, process.env.JWT_KEY);
req.token= decoded;
req.user = decoded;
//console.log(token.userID);
// Proceed
next();
} catch(err) {
console.error('Error in JWT check: ', err);
// Tell client something went wrong
res.status(400).send('Invalid Token');
}
}
const forumSchema = ({
forumName: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
forumDescription: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
createdBy: {
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'User'
},
published_on: {
type: String,
default: moment().format("LLL")
},
});
I´ve tried a lot of things but I can´t solve it anymore.. I need help
How I don't have enough reputation to make a comment I leave this as an answer, is hard to say why this is not working if we don't know how the schema of Forum looks like and what is returning req.body.createdBy, but if the jwt is created by you could encode the Forum._id in it and when you receive it here you can decode it and find the forum in the database
edit---
Now that I can see the error you got and the Schema of Forum i can say that probably you can solve the error by importing mongoose and adding this at the query mongoose.Types.ObjectId(req.body.CreatedBy) that will parse the string to an objectId
As you can see, you have user (or token) data in the req object, and I hope your jwt token also includes the user's id. You can use the user id to find their Forums.
According to the router router.post('/', verifyToken, getOwner); (getByOwnerID ???), let's update getOwner handler:
exports.getOwner = function (req, res, next) {
Forum.find({ createdBy: req.user.userID }) // or something like that
.then(doc => {
if(!doc) { return res.status(400).end();}
return res.status(200).json(doc);
})
.catch(err => next(err));
}