login and sign up don't parse in module 3

[rshom]

Due to an update in express, the login and signup won't parse properly. You have to use req.body.username instead of req.username. This also requires body-parser from npm.

Check out: http://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#req.body

[adaymuhajier]

Weird, it works fine with signup and signout, but got a 500: Internal Server Error if I try logging in.

[0xezgh]

Are you typing correct credentials ? @adaymuhajier

[adaymuhajier]

nvm, got it working. just a minor typo @Ezdin

[harishsainik]

While making post request to http://localhost:3000/auth/signup with username and password, I am getting redirected to /auth/failure and can't sign up. It may be because of an update. Can anybody tell me what changes should I make and in which files.

[JeremyJamesG]

@rshom mate, in what section would you put req.body.username??

[akun1]

@JeremyJamesG you would put it in your authenticate.js file. Specifically in your success and failure routes. Also, I had to change req.user to req.user.username to return a username. Otherwise, it was always null or undefined. Here's what it looked like after the changes

//sends successful login state back to angular router.get('/success', function(req, res){ res.send({state: 'success', user: req.user.username ? req.user.username : null}); });