I have a small local NodeJS server that stores user's details in JSON file. When I update (delete\create) the file, my session properties values are set to 'undefined' for some reason.
I am using 'JSONFILE' npm module to update the file.
what do I do wrong?
This is how I set the session:
app.use(session(
{
secret: 'MoviesIL',
resave: true,
saveUninitialized: true
}));
This is how I save the JSON (kinda basic):
const SaveUsers = (usersList) =>
{
const usersOBJ = { "Users": usersList };
return new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
{
jsonFile.writeFile(USERS_JSON_PATH, usersOBJ, (err) =>
{
if (err)
reject(err);
else
resolve(true);
});
});
};
router.get('/main', async function (req, res, next)
{
const usersList = await usersBL.GetUsersNames();
if (req.session.Authenticated != true)
res.redirect('/login');
else
res.render('Users/main', { "user": req.session.UserName, "OperationsLeft": req.session.DailyTransactionsLeft, "err": "", "UsersList": usersList });
});
The problem was 'Nodemon' package that restarted my server every file change. I added ignore section and now everything works fine. thanks for the comments.