how to store user session into request object in expressjs - mongodb

I am newbie in expressjs and read a very popular MERN project now.After an user(buyer) log into site and place an order which will be added into Mongodb tagged with the user(buyer),the backend code like below:
const addOrderItems = asyncHandler(async (req, res) => {
const {
orderItems,
shippingAddress,
paymentMethod,
itemsPrice,
taxPrice,
shippingPrice,
totalPrice,
} = req.body
if (orderItems && orderItems.length === 0) {
res.status(400)
throw new Error('No order items')
return
} else {
const order = new Order({
orderItems,
user: req.user._id,
shippingAddress,
paymentMethod,
itemsPrice,
taxPrice,
shippingPrice,
totalPrice,
})
const createdOrder = await order.save()
res.status(201).json(createdOrder)
}
})
Link:https://github.com/bradtraversy/proshop_mern/blob/master/backend/controllers/orderController.js
But where the req.user._id comes from?I check the whole project,some popular backend session or storage tools like express-session and cookie-sessiondid not installed and used.

It's comes from passport package. It will log user with JWT and populate the user property of the req object.

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next-auth php hash legacy users

I am working on creating a next js application and have legacy user data I need to import from a word press site. The word press site had a signup with credential or a Facebook social login.
For the legacy data [credentials i.e email password] I wrote a script in [...nextauth.js] for logging in the user as follows.
CredentialsProvider({
name: 'Credentials',
credentials: {
email: { label: 'Email', type: 'email', placeholder: 'Email' },
password: {
label: 'Password',
type: 'password',
placeholder: 'Password',
},
},
async authorize(credentials, req) {
const len = 8;
const portable = true;
const phpversion = 9;
const hasher = new PasswordHash(portable, phpversion);
const encrypted_input = hasher.HashPassword(credentials.password);
await db.connect();
const user_raw = await LegacyUser.findOne({ email: credentials.email });
const user = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(user_raw));
console.log(user.password);
await db.disconnect();
const valid = hasher.CheckPassword(credentials.password, user.password);
if (valid) {
console.log(user);
console.log('validPassword');
return user;
} else {
console.log('Passwords dont match');
return null;
}
},
})
Where db is the connection defined for all reads and writes to the mongo db and LegacyUser is the mongoose model defined. I test it out and so far so good.
Now I need to store the user session in the same db so I define database as the .env mongodb uri like bellow, including the mongodb adapter as in the documentation of next-auth:
adapter: MongoDBAdapter(clientPromise),
database: process.env.MONGODB_URI,
Now when I try to sign in again with the legacy password I don't get signed in and unfortunately I have no errors to show.
Only to point out that the console.log('validPassword'); of the CredentialsProvider does come through successfully.
I have been stuck on this issue for a few days, so any help is greatly appreciated.
Many thanks

busboy-bodyparser changes my request so that GridFsStorage doesn't register the request-data in mongodb

I am a frontend developer trying to broaden my horizons, and making what will become a MERN application. I'm struggling with image uploads to mongodb.
First I used the express bodyparser:
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
and app.use(express.json());
when used like this I managed to upload the file fine, and the uploaded file showed up in MongoDB Compass.
I found out that this doesn't support multipart/form-data, so I've changed the bodyparser to busboy-bodyparser so that I can access both form-data and the file that is being uploaded. So I changed the bodyparser to:
app.use(busboyBodyParser());
and now it won't upload the request-data to mongodb.
My upload control looks like this:
const upload = require("../middleware/upload");
const uploadFile = async (req, res) => {
try {
req.file = req.files.file;
await upload(req, res);
if (req.file == undefined) {
return res.send(`You must select a file.`);
}
return res.send(`File has been uploaded.`);
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
return res.send(`Error when trying upload image: ${error}`);
}
};
module.exports = {
uploadFile: uploadFile
};
the reason I've set req.file equals to req.files.file is because busboy-bodyparser sends the file from req.files.file and not req.file, and I thought that this change would make the request function properly, it did not.
My upload-middleware looks like this:
const promise = mongoose.connect(mongoURI, { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true });
const conn = mongoose.connection;
let gfs;
conn.once('open', () => {
gfs = Grid(conn, mongoose.mongo);
gfs.collection('uploads');
});
//create storage object
const storage = new GridFsStorage({
db: promise,
file: (req, file) => {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
crypto.randomBytes(16, (err, buf) => {
if (err) {
return reject(err);
}
const filename = buf.toString('hex') + path.extname(file.originalname);
const fileInfo = {
filename: filename,
bucketName: 'uploads',
metadata: {
title: req.body.title,
orientation: req.body.orientation
}
};
resolve(fileInfo);
});
});
}
});
const uploadFile = multer({ storage }).single("file");
var uploadFilesMiddleware = util.promisify(uploadFile);
module.exports = uploadFilesMiddleware;
I believe this is the code that logs (node:15124) DeprecationWarning: Listening to events on the Db class has been deprecated and will be removed in the next major version.
(Use node --trace-deprecation ... to show where the warning was created)
which is another problem I'm unsure how to solve, but that's another problem for another day.
My end goal is to be able to send the file to mongodb, with the attached metadata (title and orientation).
with this code I'm able to get the "File has been uploaded" message from the upload-control, but in mongoDB compass no file/chunks has been uploaded. The uploads worked great on file-uploads (without the metadata) with the express-bodyparser, so when I changed that to the busboy-bodyparser I get both the file and the metadata as intended but it is not loaded into the db, which leads me to believe that the new bodyparser changes the request so that GridFsStorage no longer recognizes it and doesn't put the data into the db. But frankly I'm just speculating here, and I generally have very limited knowledge of backend.
I use the correct enctype on the form I believe:
<form
action="/upload"
method="POST"
enctype="multipart/form-data">
any tips or explanations is very much appreciated!
I am a complete beginner in backend, so don't be afraid to spell it our for me :)
I managed to fix it!
I'm unsure what caused it, but I believe that the req.body-fields hadn't been populated yet or something of that nature. I therefore switched out
metadata: {
title: req.body.title,
orientation: req.body.orientation
}
with: metadata: req.body and it just works.
For any other backend-newbie who might stumble upon this, also remember to name your inputs in html like this: <input name="title" type="text" /> it is the name-attribute that gets submitted with the html-form and gives the key to req.body, so that you can access for example req.body.title (which didn't work here, but still worth knowing)

How can I register a Client through an express REST API in Hyperledger fabric

I want to register a user of the application through a REST API. I have already enrolled the admin and a user through the enrollAdmin.js and registerUser.js function but I want to call these functions through the node SDK and register users dynamically with there username (UUID) so that it's completly anonymous.
As the username I want to create a unique UUID and save that in the world state but also save that UUID on an off-chain database together with the personal information like password and name so that I can associate the personal information with the UUID.
Right know I'm confused by all the different steps I have to do to register a new user:
In what order do I have to enroll and register the user and should they all be defined in the express API or in chaincode?
This is my first approach of creating the REST Api and till now I have only defined the layout, the connection profile and wallet.
I would appreciate if somebody could help me implement the registration process in the express REST API so that an Identity for the UUID gets saved in the world state.
Thanks in advance.
server.js
'use strict';
var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var app = express();
// Setting for Hyperledger Fabric
const { Wallets, FileSystemWallet, Gateway } = require('fabric-network');
const path = require('path');
const fs = require('fs');
const channelName = 'mychannel';
const mspOrg1 = 'Org1MSP';
const walletPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'wallet');
const ccpPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'connection-org1.json');
//register
app.post('/api/register', async function (req, res) {
try{
// Create a new file system based wallet for managing identities.
const walletPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'wallet');
const wallet = new FileSystemWallet(walletPath);
console.log(`Wallet path: ${walletPath}`);
} catch (error) {
}
});
//login
app.post('/api/login', async function (req, res) {
try{
// Create a new file system based wallet for managing identities.
const walletPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'wallet');
const wallet = new FileSystemWallet(walletPath);
console.log(`Wallet path: ${walletPath}`);
} catch (error) {
}
});
app.listen(3000, ()=>{
console.log("***********************************");
console.log("API server listening at localhost:3000");
console.log("***********************************");
});
The process of how you want it to be is simple. In the middle, the off-chain database is used as a mapping table. I wrote only the core process logic.
/api/v1/register
validation check
Validate that the user's id is unique, that the required information value is missing, that the regular expression is correct, and that there is no wrong information.
generate random UUID
Create a random, unique uuid first. npm/uuid
const UUID = uuid.v4();
register/enroll user to fabric-ca
Perform the registration process as a user of the fabric. The information that goes into this process is UUID, and the user's information will not be stored in the blockchain.
fabricUser is a newly created class, and returns the result after fabric user registration and enroll process are performed by the Enroll method.
enrollment = await fabricUser.Enroll(UUID);
await wallet.put(enrollment);
insert to database
While saving the user information in the database, map it by storing the UUID created above.
The database was created as an example, assuming mongodb.
db.collection('User').insertOne({
'uuid': UUID,
'user_id': <input_user_id>,
...
});
/api/v1/login
The login process is as follows.
I don't know what authentication/authentication method you want to use, so I'll assume a token authentication method based on auth 2.0.
Verify the validity of the necessary information required for login and whether there is any incorrect information.
get UUID
generateAuthToken is a new function that generates JWT.
let res = await db.collection("User").findOne({'user_id': `<input_user_id>` });
return generateAuthToken(res.uuid);
/api/v1/invoke
Fabric resource request process is as follows.
Token validation and resource authorization check
get userName from token
getPayload is a function that gets the payload value located at the 1st index from the token.
const rawPayload = getPayload(token);
const jsonPayload = JSON.parse(rawPayload);
return jsonPayload
get wallet & invoke chaincode
The fabricChaincode is a function that wraps the invoke process of fabric-sdk. It is a function that executes invoke by inputting identity, chaincode information, and parameters, and returns a result.
const user = await db.collection("User").findOne({'user_id': jsonPayload.user_id });
const fabricIdentity = await wallet.get(user.uuid);
const res = fabricChaincode.invoke(fabricIdentity, `<your_chaincode_info>`, `<input_chaincode_params>`)
return res;
[EDIT]
Add it for your understanding.
fabricUser.js
/*
* Copyright IBM Corp. All Rights Reserved.
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
*/
'use strict';
const { Wallets } = require('fabric-network');
const FabricCAServices = require('fabric-ca-client');
const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');
async function Enroll(user_id) {
try {
// load the network configuration
const ccpPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'test-network', 'organizations', 'peerOrganizations', 'org1.example.com', 'connection-org1.json');
const ccp = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(ccpPath, 'utf8'));
// Create a new CA client for interacting with the CA.
const caURL = ccp.certificateAuthorities['ca.org1.example.com'].url;
const ca = new FabricCAServices(caURL);
// Create a new file system based wallet for managing identities.
const walletPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'wallet');
const wallet = await Wallets.newFileSystemWallet(walletPath);
console.log(`Wallet path: ${walletPath}`);
// Check to see if we've already enrolled the user.
const userIdentity = await wallet.get(user_id);
if (userIdentity) {
console.log(`An identity for the user ${user_id} already exists in the wallet`);
return;
}
// Check to see if we've already enrolled the admin user.
const adminIdentity = await wallet.get('admin');
if (!adminIdentity) {
console.log('An identity for the admin user "admin" does not exist in the wallet');
console.log('Run the enrollAdmin.js application before retrying');
return;
}
// build a user object for authenticating with the CA
const provider = wallet.getProviderRegistry().getProvider(adminIdentity.type);
const adminUser = await provider.getUserContext(adminIdentity, 'admin');
// Register the user, enroll the user, and import the new identity into the wallet.
const secret = await ca.register({
affiliation: 'org1.department1',
enrollmentID: user_id,
role: 'client'
}, adminUser);
const enrollment = await ca.enroll({
enrollmentID: user_id,
enrollmentSecret: secret
});
const x509Identity = {
credentials: {
certificate: enrollment.certificate,
privateKey: enrollment.key.toBytes(),
},
mspId: 'Org1MSP',
type: 'X.509',
};
await wallet.put(user_id, x509Identity);
console.log(`Successfully registered and enrolled admin user ${user_id} and imported it into the wallet`);
} catch (error) {
console.error(`Failed to register user ${user_id}: ${error}`);
process.exit(1);
}
}
module.exports = {
Enroll
}
api.js
const uuid = require('uuid');
const fabricUser = require('./fabricUser);
const UUID = uuid.v4();
let res = await fabricUser.Enroll(UUID);
console.log(res);

Get all documents from an authenticated user (relation OneToMany)

I am learning to use mongoDB AND ExpressJS by building a Rest API that I would use with ReactJS.
I have always chosen MySQL for the management of my database, but the mongoDB database is not relational and it is still difficult for me to understand.
An example of what I want to do
Let's say that I have created a blog and want to get all the articles from a user logged in with an account.
All these operations are managed with a REST API and MongoDB.
How to create a OneToMany relationship between articles and a user.
With MySQL I just had to specify a user_id key for each article in an article table.
But with mongoDB how to create this and especially for a user who is logged in with an account, so that only a logged in user can view his articles.
EDIT
I have tried something, it works but I don't know if it's the right approach.
Context:
I made a REST API with NodeJS and ExpressJS.
The API will allow a user to organize their applications to facilitate the search for a job.
A user must create an account and log in to take advantage of all of the application's features, so no information is publicly available.
For registration and authentication of a user, I use PassportJS, mongoConnect and ExpressSession
To start, the User model of mongoDB
const userSchema = mongoose.Schema({
name: {
type:String
},
email: {
type:String,
required:true,
unique:true
},
email_is_verified: {
type:Boolean,
default:false
},
password: {
type:String,
},
referral_code : {
type:String,
default: function() {
let hash = 0;
for(let i=0; i < this.email.length; i++){
hash = this.email.charCodeAt(i) + ((hash << 5) - hash);
}
let res = (hash & 0x00ffffff).toString(16).toUpperCase();
return "00000".substring(0, 6 - res.length) + res;
}
},
referred_by : {
type: String,
default:null
},
third_party_auth: [ThirdPartyProviderSchema],
date: {
type:Date,
default: Date.now
}
},
{ strict: false }
);
module.exports = mongoose.model('Users', userSchema);
The Apply model represents an apply for a job, for now there is only the title.
To create the OneToMany relationship, I add a User field which refers to my User model
Function to retrieve all applies, so I retrieve the user id of the session.
const applySchema = mongoose.Schema({
title: { type:String, required:true },
user: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "User"
}
})
module.exports = mongoose.model('Apply', applySchema);
I created a controller for the management of a user's applies
exports.getAllApplies = (req, res, next) => {
res.locals.currentUser = req.user;
const userId = res.locals.currentUser.id
Apply.find({ user:userId })
.then(applies => res.status(200).json({ message:'success',
applies:applies }))
.catch(error => res.status(400).json({ error:error, message: 'Failed'}))
}
Function allowing to consult an apply
exports.getOneApply = (req, res, next) => {
res.locals.currentUser = req.user;
const userId = res.locals.currentUser.id
Apply.findOne({ _id:req.params.id, user:userId })
.then(apply => res.status(200).json({ message: `Apply with id
${apply._id} success`, apply:apply}))
.catch(error => res.status(500).json({ error:error, message:'Failed'}))
}
The routes of my api, I add an auth middleware to allow requests only for a user with a token
const express = require('express');
const router = express.Router();
const auth = require('../middleware/auth');
const applyCtrl = require('../controllers/apply');
router.get('/', auth, applyCtrl.getAllApplies);
router.get('/:id', auth, applyCtrl.getOneApply);
module.exports = router;
I apologize for the length of the post, if you have any questions, I would be happy to answer them.
Thank you in advance for your help and your answers.

Image returned from REST API always displays broken

I am building a content management system for an art portfolio app, with React. The client will POST to the API which uses Mongoose to insert into a MongoDB. The API then queries the DB for the newly inserted image, and returns it to the client.
Here's my code to connect to MongoDB using Mongoose:
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/test').then(() =>
console.log('connected to db')).catch(err => console.log(err))
mongoose.Promise = global.Promise
const db = mongoose.connection
db.on('error', console.error.bind(console, 'MongoDB connection error:'))
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
const ImgSchema = new Schema({
img: { data: Buffer, contentType: String }
})
const Img = mongoose.model('Img', ImgSchema)
I am using multer and fs to handle the image file. My POST endpoint looks like this:
router.post('/', upload.single('image'), (req, res) => {
if (!req.file) {
res.send('no file')
} else {
const imgItem = new Img()
imgItem.img.data = fs.readFileSync(req.file.path)
imgItem.contentType = 'image/png'
imgItem
.save()
.then(data =>
Img.findById(data, (err, findImg) => {
console.log(findImg.img)
fs.writeFileSync('api/uploads/image.png', findImg.img.data)
res.sendFile(__dirname + '/uploads/image.png')
}))
}
})
I can see in the file structure that writeFileSync is writing the image to the disk. res.sendFile grabs it and sends it down to the client.
Client side code looks like this:
handleSubmit = e => {
e.preventDefault()
const img = new FormData()
img.append('image', this.state.file, this.state.file.name)
axios
.post('http://localhost:8000/api/gallery', img, {
onUploadProgress: progressEvent => {
console.log(progressEvent.loaded / progressEvent.total)
}
})
.then(res => {
console.log('responsed')
console.log(res)
const returnedFile = new File([res.data], 'image.png', { type: 'image/png' })
const reader = new FileReader()
reader.onloadend = () => {
this.setState({ returnedFile, returned: reader.result })
}
reader.readAsDataURL(returnedFile)
})
.catch(err => console.log(err))
}
This does successfully place both the returned file and the img data url on state. However, in my application, the image always displays broken.
Here's some screenshots:
How to fix this?
Avoid sending back base64 encoded images (multiple images + large files + large encoded strings = very slow performance). I'd highly recommend creating a microservice that only handles image uploads and any other image related get/post/put/delete requests. Separate it from your main application.
For example:
I use multer to create an image buffer
Then use sharp or fs to save the image (depending upon file type)
Then I send the filepath to my controller to be saved to my DB
Then, the front-end does a GET request when it tries to access: http://localhost:4000/uploads/timestamp-randomstring-originalname.fileext
In simple terms, my microservice acts like a CDN solely for images.
For example, a user sends a post request to http://localhost:4000/api/avatar/create with some FormData:
It first passes through some Express middlewares:
libs/middlewares.js
...
app.use(cors({credentials: true, origin: "http://localhost:3000" })) // allows receiving of cookies from front-end
app.use(morgan(`tiny`)); // logging framework
app.use(multer({
limits: {
fileSize: 10240000,
files: 1,
fields: 1
},
fileFilter: (req, file, next) => {
if (!/\.(jpe?g|png|gif|bmp)$/i.test(file.originalname)) {
req.err = `That file extension is not accepted!`
next(null, false)
}
next(null, true);
}
}).single(`file`))
app.use(bodyParser.json()); // parses header requests (req.body)
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ limit: `10mb`, extended: true })); // allows objects and arrays to be URL-encoded
...etc
Then, hits the avatars route:
routes/avatars.js
app.post(`/api/avatar/create`, requireAuth, saveImage, create);
It then passes through some user authentication, then goes through my saveImage middleware:
services/saveImage.js
const createRandomString = require('../shared/helpers');
const fs = require("fs");
const sharp = require("sharp");
const randomString = createRandomString();
if (req.err || !req.file) {
return res.status(500).json({ err: req.err || `Unable to locate the requested file to be saved` })
next();
}
const filename = `${Date.now()}-${randomString}-${req.file.originalname}`;
const filepath = `uploads/${filename}`;
const setFilePath = () => { req.file.path = filepath; return next();}
(/\.(gif|bmp)$/i.test(req.file.originalname))
? fs.writeFile(filepath, req.file.buffer, (err) => {
if (err) {
return res.status(500).json({ err: `There was a problem saving the image.`});
next();
}
setFilePath();
})
: sharp(req.file.buffer).resize(256, 256).max().withoutEnlargement().toFile(filepath).then(() => setFilePath())
If the file is saved, it then sends a req.file.path to my create controller. This gets saved to my DB as a file path and as an image path (the avatarFilePath or /uploads/imagefile.ext is saved for removal purposes and the avatarURL or [http://localhost:4000]/uploads/imagefile.ext is saved and used for the front-end GET request):
controllers/avatars.js (I'm using Postgres, but you can substitute for Mongo)
create: async (req, res, done) => {
try {
const avatarurl = `${apiURL}/${req.file.path}`;
await db.result("INSERT INTO avatars(userid, avatarURL, avatarFilePath) VALUES ($1, $2, $3)", [req.session.id, avatarurl, req.file.path]);
res.status(201).json({ avatarurl });
} catch (err) { return res.status(500).json({ err: err.toString() }); done();
}
Then when the front-end tries to access the uploads folder via <img src={avatarURL} alt="image" /> or <img src="[http://localhost:4000]/uploads/imagefile.ext" alt="image" />, it gets served up by the microservice:
libs/server.js
const express = require("express");
const path = app.get("path");
const PORT = 4000;
//============================================================//
// EXPRESS SERVE AVATAR IMAGES
//============================================================//
app.use(`/uploads`, express.static(`uploads`));
//============================================================//
/* CREATE EXPRESS SERVER */
//============================================================//
app.listen(PORT);
What it looks when logging requests:
19:17:54 INSERT INTO avatars(userid, avatarURL, avatarFilePath) VALUES ('08861626-b6d0-11e8-9047-672b670fe126', 'http://localhost:4000/uploads/1536891474536-k9c7OdimjEWYXbjTIs9J4S3lh2ldrzV8-android.png', 'uploads/1536891474536-k9c7OdimjEWYXbjTIs9J4S3lh2ldrzV8-android.png')
POST /api/avatar/create 201 109 - 61.614 ms
GET /uploads/1536891474536-k9c7OdimjEWYXbjTIs9J4S3lh2ldrzV8-android.png 200 3027 - 3.877 ms
What the user sees upon successful GET request: