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JavaScript Facebook Authentication

Pattey Bleecker
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Pattey Bleecker
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Posted by Pattey Bleecker
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Pattey Bleecker
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 18,770 Points

Login error with both github and facebook

I've completed ethe OAuth workshop, but get this error when running the final code:

Cast to string failed for value "{ value: 'pattey.bleecker@gmail.com' }" at path "email" for model "User"

Any one know what the problem is

Isaac Henry
Isaac Henry
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well what did you try,And you dont have too do the example in the video somtimes you can do it an easyer way

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Isaac Henry
Isaac Henry
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Isaac Henry
Isaac Henry
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why do you hava a zero in the email erray

Jack Blankenship
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Jack Blankenship
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Jack Blankenship
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Jack Blankenship
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 39,036 Points

to grab the first entry's value and store it in the user table. I also had to change code because github does not even return the email property if that does not have a value.

    let propertyArray = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(profile);
    // the following if fails if the email property is not passed.
    //if(profile.emails[0]) {
    if  (propertyArray.indexOf('emails') >= 0) {