Change User Email in MongoDB via Web App created with Node, Express, EJS, and Mongoose
I have a simple blogging web application. I have set up the ability for users to log in and I am now working on account management. The first part of the account management will be for users to change their email.
I have an account.ejs page that includes a nav.ejs, displays the email of the currently logged in user, and then a form for which the user can update their email.
The form is simple, it asks for the new email and then includes a second text box to confirm their changed email, and these text boxes must match to proceed.
Here is where I am having trouble - I have a signup.ejs page with a form.addEventListener that handles input into a form, and if all is well, I use a res = await fetch() to send to an authRoutes.js which in turn, is handled by an authController.js
I am trying to adjust my account.ejs page such that it contains a form allowing a user to update their email in my MongoDB. I am never able to move from the form inside account.ejs to my accountPost method inside authController unless I changed the variable name of const form = document.querySelector('form'); to const form2 = document.querySelector('form');
My authController.js will then update the User's email in MongoDB if I adjust the form variable to form2, within the document.querySelector('form'); I am having trouble understanding why this is and what I am doing wrong.
account.ejs:
<html lang="en">
<%- include("./partials/head.ejs") %>
<body>
<%- include("./partials/nav.ejs") %>
<div class="account content">
<div>
<h2 class="management-header">Account Management for <%= user.email %></h2>
</div>
<div class="alter-email content">
<p>Change Email</p>
<hr>
<form class="alter-email-form" action="/account/<%= user._id %>" method="POST">
<label for="oldEmail">Old Email</label>
<input type="text" id="oldEmail" name="oldEmail" required>
<label for="newEmail">New Email</label>
<input type="text" id="newEmail" name="newEmail" required>
<button>Update Email</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<%- include("./partials/footer.ejs") %>
<script>
//THIS IS THE PROBLEM
const form2 = document.querySelector('form');
form.addEventListener('submit', async (e) => {
e.preventDefault();
//get values
const oldEmail = form.oldEmail.value;
const newEmail = form.newEmail.value;
try {
const res = await fetch('/account', {
method: 'POST',
body: JSON.stringify({ oldEmail, newEmail }),
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
if(data.user) {
location.assign('/blogs');
}
}
catch (err) {
console.log(err);
}
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
accountPost in authController.js:
const accountPost = async (req, res) => {
const id = req.params.id;
const {newEmail, oldEmail} = req.body;
console.log(newEmail, oldEmail);
let user = await User.findById(id);
user.updateOne({
'_id': id,
'email': newEmail
})
.then(result => {
res.redirect('/');
})
}
module.exports = {
accountPost
}
app.js
const express = require('express');
const morgan = require('morgan');
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const blogRoutes = require('./routes/blogRoutes');
const authRoutes = require('./routes/authRoutes');
const cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
const { checkUser } = require('./middleware/authMiddleware');
require('dotenv').config();
//express app
const app = express();
//mongoDB connection string
const dbURI = `mongodb+srv://${process.env.blog_username}:${process.env.blog_password}@nodecourse.h4qkmfb.mongodb.net/nodeCourse?retryWrites=true&w=majority`;
mongoose.connect(dbURI)
.then((result) => app.listen(3000))
.catch((err) => console.log(err));
//register view engine
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.redirect('/blogs');
});
app.get('/about', (req, res) => {
res.render('about', { title: 'About'});
});
app.use(authRoutes);
//404 page
app.use((req, res) => {
res.status(404).render('404', {title: '404'});
})
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