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JavaScript Build a REST API With Express Completing and Testing the API Connecting the API and Database

Micah Dunson
Micah Dunson
34,368 Points
Posted by Micah Dunson
Micah Dunson
34,368 Points

Vote not defined

In following along with the video, everything has worked fine expect when I try to vote. When I add the "/vote-up" or "/vote-down" to the end of my api call I get this error: { "error": { "message": "vote is not defined" } }

with a 500 err on the server. I have not been able to find the error that I'm making. I appreciate any help.

Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points
Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points

It's difficult to say what to problem is without seeing some code.

2 Answers

Aleks Dahlberg
Aleks Dahlberg
19,103 Points
Aleks Dahlberg
Aleks Dahlberg
19,103 Points

Hey Micah,

You didn't post any code so I tried to replicate the problem (I'd just finished the series) and believe I may have found where you a simple naming error.

in the models.js file, two instance methods were created: 

AnswerSchema.method('update', function(updates, callback){
 ..........
});

AnswerSchema.method('vote', function(vote, callback){
............
});

I think you may have miss spelt 'vote' either in the naming of the instance method or in the function method parameter before the callback. 

//update instance method
AnswerSchema.method('update', function(updates, callback)

//vote instance method
AnswerSchema.method('vote', function(vote, callback)
Micah Dunson
Micah Dunson
34,368 Points
Micah Dunson
Micah Dunson
34,368 Points

Thanks a ton! You were right Aleks as far as where the issue was. I hadn't updated the "vote" parameter in the cb function of the vote instance method. I made the change and everything works fine as it's supposed to.