Issue Tracker 404 Middleware Issue

Issue Tracker 404 Middleware Issue
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#1

In the following code, I couldn’t get any of the routes to work unless I moved the 404 middleware from server.js to inside the MongoDB connect function in api.js. Is there a better way to handle this?

'use strict';

const MongoClient = require('mongodb');
const ObjectId = require('mongodb').ObjectID;

module.exports = app => {
  MongoClient.connect(process.env.DB, (err, db) => {
    console.log("connection established");
    if(err) {
      console.log(err);
    } else {
      app.route('/api/issues/:project')
        .get((req, res) => {
          console.log(req.params.project);
        })
        .post((req, res) => {
          console.log(req.params.project);
        })
        .put((req, res) => {
          console.log(req.params.project);
        })
        .delete((req, res) => {
          console.log(req.params.project);
        });
    }
  });
};
#2

The 404 route must be the last one to be checked. If you share your glitch project we might help you.

#3

Hello !
I have the same problem, I think it is better to ask here instead of creating a new topic

here is the code in the ‘Server.js’ file :

'use strict';

var express     = require('express');
var bodyParser  = require('body-parser');
var expect      = require('chai').expect;
var cors        = require('cors');

var apiRoutes         = require('./routes/api.js');
var fccTestingRoutes  = require('./routes/fcctesting.js');
var runner            = require('./test-runner');

var app = express();

app.use('/public', express.static(process.cwd() + '/public'));

app.use(cors({origin: '*'})); //For FCC testing purposes only



app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));

//Sample front-end
app.route('/:project/')
  .get(function (req, res) {
    res.sendFile(process.cwd() + '/views/issue.html');
  });

//Index page (static HTML)
app.route('/')
  .get(function (req, res) {
    res.sendFile(process.cwd() + '/views/index.html');
  });

//For FCC testing purposes
fccTestingRoutes(app);

//Routing for API 
apiRoutes(app);

//404 Not Found Middleware
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
  res.status(404)
    .type('text')
    .send('Not Found');
});

//Start our server and tests!
app.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000, function () {
  console.log("Listening on port " + process.env.PORT);
  if(process.env.NODE_ENV==='test') {
    //console.log('Running Tests...');
    setTimeout(function () {
      try {
        //runner.run();
      } catch(e) {
        var error = e;
          console.log('Tests are not valid:');
          console.log(error);
      }
    }, 3500);
  }
});

module.exports = app; //for testing

And here is the code inside the ‘api.js’ file :

'use strict';

var expect = require('chai').expect;
var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var ObjectId = require('mongodb').ObjectID;

const CONNECTION_STRING = process.env.DB; //MongoClient.connect(CONNECTION_STRING, function(err, db) {});

module.exports = function (app) {
  
  MongoClient.connect(CONNECTION_STRING, { useNewUrlParser: true}, (err, client) => {
    if (err){
      console.log('Database Error ' + err); 
    } else {
      const db = client.db('fcc_issuetrckr');
      app.route('/api/issues/:project')

        .get(function (req, res){
          var project = req.params.project;
        res.send(project);
        })

        .post(function (req, res){
          var project = req.params.project;
          db.collection(project).insertOne({
            issue_title: req.body.issue_title,
            issue_text: req.body.issue_text,
            created_by: req.body.created_by,
            assigned_to: req.body.assigned_to || '',
            status_text: req.body.status_text || '',
            created_on: new Date(),
            updated_on: new Date(),
            open: true
          }, (err, doc) => {
            if (err){
              console.log('database err' + err); 
            }
          });
        })

        .put(function (req, res){
          var project = req.params.project;

        })

        .delete(function (req, res){
          var project = req.params.project;

        });
    }
  });
};

If I try to get ‘/api/issues/myproject’ , I get the ‘Not found’ response instead of the name of the project ‘myproject’
But if I remove the 404 middleware that works fine.