im folowing a tutorial on how to build a tinder clone using MERN STACK and it was working well till i wanted to get the user data and pass it to the chat header ChatHeader it gave me an this error in the backend
server running on PORT8000
Error [ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT]: Cannot set headers after they are sent to the client
at new NodeError (node:internal/errors:372:5)
at ServerResponse.setHeader (node:_http_outgoing:576:11)
at ServerResponse.header (C:\Users\zenati\Desktop\react-project\tinder-clone\server\node_modules\express\lib\response.js:794:10)
at ServerResponse.send (C:\Users\zenati\Desktop\react-project\tinder-clone\server\node_modules\express\lib\response.js:174:12)
at C:\Users\zenati\Desktop\react-project\tinder-clone\server\index.js:84:25 {
code: 'ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT'
}
and the console.log('user',user) was giving me null
index.js (the backend)
const PORT = 8000
const express = require('express')
const { MongoClient } = require('mongodb')
const { v4: uuidv4 } = require('uuid')
const jwt= require('jsonwebtoken')
const cors = require('cors')
const bcrypt= require('bcrypt')
const uri = 'mongodb+srv://admin:[email protected]/Cluster0?retryWrites=true&w=majority'
const app = express()
app.use(cors())
app.use(express.json())
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.json('Hello to my app')
})
app.post('/signup', async (req, res) => {
const client = new MongoClient(uri)
const { email, password } = req.body
const generateUserId = uuidv4()
const hashedPassword = await bcrypt.hash(password, 10)
try {
await client.connect()
const database = client.db('tinderdb')
const users = database.collection('users')
const exsistingUser = await users.findOne({ email })
if (exsistingUser) {
return res.status(409).send('user already exists please login')
}
const sanitizedEmail = email.toLowerCase()
const data = {
user_id: generateUserId,
email: sanitizedEmail,
hashed_password: hashedPassword
}
const insertedUser = await users.insertOne(data)
const token = jwt.sign( insertedUser, sanitizedEmail, {
expiresIn: 60 * 20
})
res.status(201).json({ token, userId: generateUserId })
} catch(err) {
console.log(err)
}finally{
await client.close()
}
})
app.post ('/login', async (req, res) => {
const client = new MongoClient(uri)
const { email, password}= req.body
try{
await client.connect()
const database = client.db('tinderdb')
const users = database.collection('users')
const user = await users.findOne({ email })
const correctPassword = await bcrypt.compare(password , user.hashed_password)
if (user && correctPassword) {
const token= jwt.sign(user ,email, {
expiresIn : 60*24
})
res.status(201).json({token , userId: user.user_id})
}
res.status(400).send('Invalide Credentials')
}catch(err){
console.log(err)
}finally{
await client.close()
}
})
app.get('/user', async (req,res) => {
const client = new MongoClient(uri)
const userId = req.query.userId
try{
await client.connect()
const database = client.db('tinderdb')
const users = database.collection('users')
const query = {user_id:userId}
console.log('query',query)
const user = await users.findOne(query)
res.send(user)
}finally{
await client.close()
}
})
app.get('/users', async (req, res) => {
const client = new MongoClient(uri)
try {
await client.connect()
const database = client.db('tinderdb')
const users = database.collection('users')
const returnedUsers = await users.find().toArray()
res.send(returnedUsers)
} finally {
await client.close()
}
})
app.put ('/user' , async (req ,res)=> {
const client = new MongoClient(uri)
const formData = req.body.formData
try{
await client.connect()
const database = client.db('tinderdb')
const users = database.collection('users')
const query = { user_id: formData.user_id}
const updateDocument = {
$set:{
first_name: formData.first_name ,
dob_day: formData.dob_day,
dob_month: formData.dob_month,
dob_year: formData.dob_year,
show_gender: formData.show_gender,
gender_identity: formData.gender_identity,
gender_interest: formData.gender_interest,
url: formData.url,
about: formData.about,
matches:formData.matches
},
}
const insertedUser= await users.updateOne(query, updateDocument)
res.send(insertedUser)
}finally{
await client.close()
}
})
app.listen(PORT, () => console.log('server running on PORT' + PORT))dashbord (where the user is giving me null)
import TinderCard from 'react-tinder-card'
import React, { useState ,useEffect } from 'react'
import { useCookies } from 'react-cookie'
import ChatContainer from '../components/ChatContainer'
import axios from 'axios'
const Dashboard = () => {
const [cookies , setCookie , removeCookie] = useCookies (['user'])
const [user, setUser] = useState (null)
const userId = cookies.UserId
const getUser = async () => {
try {
const response = await axios.get('http://localhost:8000/user', {
params: {userId}
})
setUser(response.data)
} catch (error) {
console.log(error)
}
}
useEffect(() => {
getUser()
}, [])
console.log('user', user)/*this is where it coming null*/
const characters = [
{
name: 'Richard Hendricks',
url: 'https://i.imgur.com/7qADjo0.jpg'
},
{
name: 'Erlich Bachman',
url: 'https://i.imgur.com/7qADjo0.jpg'
},
{
name: 'Monica Hall',
url: 'https://i.imgur.com/7qADjo0.jpg'
},
{
name: 'Jared Dunn',
url: 'https://i.imgur.com/7qADjo0.jpg'
},
{
name: 'Dinesh Chugtai',
url: 'https://i.imgur.com/7qADjo0.jpg'
}
]
const [lastDirection, setLastDirection] = useState()
const swiped = (direction, nameToDelete) => {
console.log('removing: ' + nameToDelete)
setLastDirection(direction)
}
const outOfFrame = (name) => {
console.log(name + ' left the screen!')
}
return (
<div className="dashboard">
<ChatContainer user={user} />
<div className="swiper-container">
<div className="card-container">
{characters.map((character) =>
<TinderCard className='swipe'
key={character.name}
preventSwipe={["up","down"]}
onSwipe={(dir) => swiped(dir, character.name)}
onCardLeftScreen={() => outOfFrame(character.name)}>
<div style={{ backgroundImage: 'url(' + character.url + ')' }}
className='card'>
<h3>{character.name}</h3>
</div>
</TinderCard>
)}
</div>
<div className='swipe-info'>
{lastDirection ? <p> you swiped {lastDirection}</p> : <p/> }
</div>
</div>
</div>
)
}
export default Dashboardi know i should narrow down the problem but i'm not sure since i have a little knowlege in back-end i would really apreciate your help and oppinions on what im doing wrong here