node js express routing [Cannot GET: /collection#]

Question

I am a begginer in nodejs. I have a simple api that logs you in with passport, redirects you to /collections. That part works fine, the problem is in POST requests which return

    Error: Not Found
   at D:\Movie API\src\server\server.js:44:15
   at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (D:\Movie API\src\server\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:82:5)
   at trim_prefix (D:\Movie API\src\server\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:302:13)
   at D:\Movie API\src\server\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:270:7
   at Function.proto.process_params (D:\Movie API\src\server\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:321:12)
   at next (D:\Movie API\src\server\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:261:10)
   at D:\Movie API\src\server\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:603:15
   at next (D:\Movie API\src\server\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:246:14)
   at D:\Movie API\src\server\routes\secure.js:8:11
   at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (D:\Movie API\src\server\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:82:5)
   at trim_prefix (D:\Movie API\src\server\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:302:13)
   at D:\Movie API\src\server\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:270:7
   at Function.proto.process_params (D:\Movie API\src\server\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:321:12)
   at next (D:\Movie API\src\server\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:261:10)
   at Function.proto.handle (D:\Movie API\src\server\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:166:3)
   at router (D:\Movie API\src\server\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:35:12)

withot Error :

Cannot GET /collection

I have tried sendig POST requests from postman which gives me an 404.

var auth = express.Router();

require('./routes/auth.js')(auth, passport); app.use('/auth', auth);

server routes:

var auth = express.Router();
require('./routes/auth.js')(auth, passport);
app.use('/auth', auth);

var secure = express.Router();
require('./routes/secure.js')(secure);
app.use('/', secure);

auth path is working fine. It accepst auth file with credentials, and passport whic uses auth credentials. On success it redirects to /collections. auth:

module.exports = function(router, passport){

router.get('/', function(req, res){
    res.render('index.ejs');
});

router.get('/google', passport.authenticate('google', {scope: ['profile', 'email']}));

router.get('/google/callback', 
  passport.authenticate('google', { successRedirect: '/collections',
                                      failureRedirect: '/' }));


router.get('/logout', function(req, res){
    req.logout();
    res.redirect('/');
})

router.get('/*', function(req, res){
    res.redirect('/auth');
})
};

Now this is secure :

module.exports = function(router, passport){

router.use(function(req, res, next){
    if(req.isAuthenticated()){
        return next();
    }

    res.redirect('/auth');
})

// Get all collections
router.get('/collections', collection.getAll);

// Create a collection
router.post('/collection', collection.create);
// Get one product, update one product, delete one product
router.route('/collection/:id')
    .get(collection.read)
    .put(collection.update)
    .delete(collection.delete);


}

the collection module functions are just responding with a res.json({id:req.params.id});

The redirection from /auth to /collections is ok, but on POST /collection I get the mentioned errors. Did anyone have a simillar issue ?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 16 '16 at 18:08

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Try var collection = require('../models/collection'); .. instead of .

This is because the require is the relative path from the file you are in not from root directory.

answered Jul 16 '16 at 18:08

Charlie Fish

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Iceman · Answer 2 · 2016-07-16T18:17:15.210

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var collection = require('../models/collection');

Source code link

Node.js require() uses the CommonJS syntax and all path will be relative to the file where it is being called from.

See the docs.

edited Jul 16 '16 at 18:17

answered Jul 16 '16 at 18:08

Iceman

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node js express routing [Cannot GET: /collection#]

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