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JavaScript

Vitaly Kashubin
Vitaly Kashubin
8,449 Points
Posted by Vitaly Kashubin
Vitaly Kashubin
8,449 Points

I have "User.create is not a function" ERROR! Help plz

var mongoose = require('mongoose'); var Schema = mongoose.Schema;

var userSchema = new Schema({ email: { type:String, unique: true, required: true, trim: true }, name: { type: String, unique: true, required: true, trim: true }, favoriteBook: { type: String, required: true, trim: true }, password: { type: String, required: true }, confirmPassword: { type: String, required: true } }) var User = mongoose.model('User',userSchema); module.exports.User=User;

Vitaly Kashubin
Vitaly Kashubin
8,449 Points
Vitaly Kashubin
Vitaly Kashubin
8,449 Points

//index.js

const express = require('express'); const router = express.Router(); const User = require('../models/user');

//get /register router.get('/register',(req,res,next)=>{ return res.render('Register',{title:"Sign Up"}); res.clearCookie('email'); });

router.post('/register',(req,res,next)=>{ if(req.body.email && req.body.name && req.body.favoriteBook && req.body.password && req.body.confirmPassword ){ if(req.body.password !== req.body.confirmPassword){ let err = new Error('Passwords do not match'); err.status = 400; return next(err); }else{ // fll in req form to UserData const userData = { email: req.body.email, name: req.body.name, favoriteBook: req.body.favoriteBook, password: req.body.password }; //use schema`s 'create' method to insert document into Mongo User.create(userData,function(error,user){ if(error){ return next(error); }else{ req.session.userId = user._id; return res.redirect('/profile'); } }); } }else{ let err = new Error('All fields required'); err.status = 400; return next(err); } }); // GET / router.get('/', function(req, res, next) { return res.render('index', { title: 'Home' }); });

// GET /about router.get('/about', function(req, res, next) { return res.render('about', { title: 'About' }); });

// GET /contact router.get('/contact', function(req, res, next) { return res.render('contact', { title: 'Contact' }); });

module.exports = router;