update register route & controller

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/node_modules
+.env

controller/authController.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const bcrypt = require("bcryptjs");
 const salt = 10
 
 // User registration controller
-const registerUser = async(req, res) => {
+const registerUser = async(req, res, next) => {
     const {firstname, username, email, password} = req.body;
 
     if (!firstname || !username || !email || !password) {
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ const registerUser = async(req, res) => {
                 email: email, 
                 password: bcrypt.hashSync(password, salt)
             })
-            res.status(200).json({newUser});
+            res.status(200).json({message: "User signed in successfully", success: true, newUser}); 
+            next();
         } catch (error) {
             res.status(500).json({error: error.message})
         }
@@ -52,4 +53,9 @@ module.exports = {
     registerUser,
     loginUser,
     signoutUser
-}
+}
+
+// The user's inputs are obtained from the req.body in the code above, and you then check the email to make sure no past registrations have been made. We'll use the values obtained from req.body to create the new user after that has occurred.
+
+
+// You don't need to worry about how the unique _id was obtained because MongoDB always assigns a new user with a unique _id.

index.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const pageRoutes = require("./routes/pageRoutes")
 const apiRoutes = require("./routes/apiRoutes")
 const authRoutes = require("./routes/authRoutes")
 const mongoose = require("mongoose")
+const cors = require("cors");
 require("dotenv").config();
 const port = 6000
 
@@ -17,12 +18,19 @@ const port = 6000
 app.use(express.urlencoded({extended: true}));
 app.use(express.json())
 
+app.use(
+  cors({
+    origin: ["http://localhost:6000"],
+    methods: ["GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE"],
+    credentials: true,
+  })
+);
 
 //ROUTES & ENDPOINTS
 // Is a function that gets executed between when a request is made, and when a response is returned.
 app.use("/", pageRoutes);
 app.use("/api/v1/notes", apiRoutes);
-app.use("auth/", authRoutes);
+app.use("/auth", authRoutes);
 
 // Connecting to MongoDB Database
 mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGODB_URL, {
@@ -44,4 +52,15 @@ app.listen(port, () => {
 
 // the event handler function accepts two parameters. 
 // The first request parameter contains all of the information of the HTTP request.
-// The second response parameter is used to define how the request is responded to.
+// The second response parameter is used to define how the request is responded to.
+
+
+// CORS (Cross origin resource sharing): You can allow requests from other domains to access the resources on your server by using the cors() express middleware function. The CORS headers that your server should include in the response can be specified using the function's optional configuration object parameter, which is taken as a parameter by the function which is the origin, methods and credentials.
+
+
+// express.json(): The express.json() will add a body property to the request or req object. This includes the request body's parsed JSON data. req.body in your route handler function will allow you to access this data.
+
+// useNewUrlParser: This property specifies that Mongoose should use the new URL parser to parse MongoDB connection strings. This is set to true by default.
+
+
+// useUnifiedTopology: This property specifies that Mongoose should use the new Server Discovery and Monitoring engine. This is set to false by default.

models/userModel.js

@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ const mongoose = require("mongoose");
 
 
 const userSchema = mongoose.Schema({
-    firstname: {type: String, required: true, trim: true},
-    username: {type: String, required: true, unique: true, trim: true, maxLength: 8},
-    email: {type: String, required: true, unique: true, trim: true},
-    password: {type: String, required: true, trim: true}
+    firstname: {type: String, required: [true, "Your firstname is required"], trim: true},
+    username: {type: String, required: [true, "Your username is required"], unique: true, trim: true, maxLength: 8},
+    email: {type: String, required: [true, "Your email address is required"], unique: true, trim: true},
+    password: {type: String, required: [true, "Your password is required"], trim: true},
+    createdAt: {
+      type: Date,
+      default: new Date(),
+    }
 }, {
   timestamps: true
 });

package.json

@@ -1,27 +1,28 @@
 {
-    "name": "expressserver",
-    "version": "1.0.0",
-    "description": "A simple express server\u001b[D\u001b[D\u001b[D\u001b[D\u001b[D\u001b[Dweb \u001b[C\u001bserver",
-    "main": "index.js",
-    "scripts": {
-      "start": "node index.js",
-      "dev": "nodemon index.js",
-      "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
-    },
-    "keywords": [
-      "express",
-      "web",
-      "server"
-    ],
-    "author": "Caleb Duff",
-    "license": "ISC",
-    "dependencies": {
-      "dotenv": "^16.2.0",
-      "express": "^4.18.2",
-      "mongoose": "^7.3.0"
-    },
-    "devDependencies": {
-      "nodemon": "^2.0.22"
-    }
+  "name": "expressserver",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "A simple express server\u001b[D\u001b[D\u001b[D\u001b[D\u001b[D\u001b[Dweb \u001b[C\u001bserver",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "node index.js",
+    "dev": "nodemon index.js",
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "express",
+    "web",
+    "server"
+  ],
+  "author": "Caleb Duff",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
+    "cors": "^2.8.5",
+    "dotenv": "^16.2.0",
+    "express": "^4.18.2",
+    "mongoose": "^7.3.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "nodemon": "^2.0.22"
   }
-  
+}

routes/apiRoutes.js

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const {updateNote,
     removeNote,
     getAllNotes,
     getSingleNote,
-    addNewNote} = require("../controller/apiController")
+    addNewNote} = require("../controller/apiControllers")
 
 
 // API Route OR Resource endpoints