Cannot Make POST or GET Request with Express API - rest

Question

I am trying to test my API and I am not sure what I am doing wrong. The only error I am getting is cannot post. After some research, I am suspecting something wrong with my controller class.
This is my first real large project and I have created an API similar to this just with mongo but this is my first time using seqealize, and MySQL (with node).
The api/student/register router just won't post, but when I remove the controller and but a function that returns just plain JSON it works, that is why I really do believe it has something to do with my controller class.
contoller/student.controller.js
const bcrypt = require('bcrypt');
const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
require('dotenv').config();
const secret = process.env.SERCRET_KEY;
const db = require('../models/index.js');
const Student = db.Student;
class StudentContoller {
static registerStudent(req, res) {
try {
let {
first_name,
last_name,
email,
password,
phone,
shirt_size,
grade,
teacher,
} = req.body;
Student.findAll({
where: {
email : email,
is_Archived: false,
}
})
.then(result => {
if (result.length > 0){
res.status(400).json({ message: 'Email is already registerd'});
} else {
let hashPassword = bcrypt.hashSync(password, 10);
let newStudent = {
first_name,
last_name,
email,
password: hashPassword,
phone,
shirt_size,
grade,
teacher,
school_id,
}
Student.Create(newStudent)
.then(data => {
if(data){
res.status(201).json({message: 'Student Created', student: data })
}
})
.catch(err => res.json({error : err.message}));
}
})
} catch (e) {
res.status(500).json({error: 'error caused in regiserted controller'})
}
}
static async login(req, res) {
let { email, password, } = req.body;
await Student.findAll({
where: {
email: email,
is_Archived: false,
}
})
.then(student => {
if(student.length === 0){
res.status(400).json({ message: 'Sorry, account does not exsist'})
} else {
let passwordIsValid = bcrypt.compareSync(req.body.password, student[0].password.trim());
if (passwordIsValid) {
let studentDetails = {
id: student[0].dataValues.id,
first_name: student[0].first_name,
last_name: student[0].last_name,
}
let token = jwt.sign({
student: studentDetails,
}, secret, {
expiresIn: '1d'
});
res.status(200).json({
success: true,
student: studentDetails,
message: 'Login successfull',
token: token,
});
} else {
res.status(401).json({
success: false,
message: 'Login failed',
});
}
}
})
.catch(err => res.status(500).json({error: err.message}));
}
static async updateStudent(req, res) {
try {
const {
first_name,
last_name,
email,
password,
phone,
shirt_size,
grade,
teacher,
} = req.body;
let hashpassword = bcrypt.hashSync(password, 10);
let updateStudent = {
first_name,
last_name,
email,
password : hashpassword,
phone,
shirt_size,
grade,
teacher,
}
Student.update(updateStudent, {
where: {
id: req.params.id
}
})
.then(response => {
res.status(200).json({success: true, message: "Student updated successfully"})
})
.then(err => res.json({err: err.message}));
} catch (e) {
res.status(500).json({ error: e});
}
}
static async archiveStudent(req, res) {
try{
let id = req.params.id
await Student.findAll({
where: {id: id}
})
.then(result => {
if (result.length == 1){
Student.update(
{is_Archived: true},
{ where: {id: id}}
)
}
})
} catch (e) {
res.status(500).json({ error: e});
}
}
}
module.exports = StudentContoller;
student.routs.js
const express = require('express');
const router = express.Router();
const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
const checkJWT = require('../middlewares/check-token');
const StudentController = require('../controllers/student.controller');
//
//
router.get('student/login', StudentController.login);
router.post('student/register', checkJWT,StudentController.registerStudent);
module.exports = router;
Sever js
const express = require('express');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const cors = require('cors');
const morgan = require('morgan');
const helmet = require('helmet');
const app = express();
// Middlewars
app.use(cors()); // Enable Cors
app.use(morgan('dev')); // Enable Logging
app.use(helmet()); // Enables Security Headers
app.use(bodyParser.json()); // Parses requrests of type application/json
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true})); // Parses request of application/x-www-form-urlencode
//Add database connection
const db = require('./models');
//db.sequelize.sync().then(()=> initial())
// Routing
app.get('/', (req, res)=> res.json({message: "Base API URL"}));
const studnetRoute = require('./routes/student.routes');
app.use('/', studnetRoute);
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3300;
app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Server Running on port ${PORT}`));

Answer 1

you can do like this in your router file .
router.route('student/login')
.get(StudentController.login);
router.route('student/register')
.post(checkJWT, StudentController.registerStudent);