Mongo DB; Postman giving error even though user object successfully updates

Using Postman to update a user object in my Mongo DB on Mlab. The user object has an email, username, and password.

Here is the method in question that handles the PUT request:

server.put('/edit/:id', (req, res) => {
const { id } = req.params;
const changes = req.body;

const options = {
new: true,
};

User.findByIdAndUpdate(id, changes, options)
.then(user => {
if (note) {
return res.status(200).json(user);
} else {
res.status(404).json({ message: 'User not found' });
}
})
.catch(err => {
res
.status(500)
.json({ message: 'There was a problem finding that user', error: err });
});
});


When I make a request with Postman entering in the following JSON object to update my user's password:

{
"password": "skittles"
}


The database on Mlab updates successfully, showing the new password.

However, Postman gives me the following error in its console:

{
"message": "There was a problem finding that user",
"error": {}
}


I thought that maybe this was due to the rest of the code continuing to execute after updating the object, so I added a return in the return res.status(200).json(user);, thinking that would help, but Postman is still giving me the error message.

return res.status(200).json(user);

Why am I getting this error when the user object successfully updates on the Mongo DB?

1 Answer
1

It's because of the ReferenceError of note variable.

ReferenceError

note

User.findByIdAndUpdate(id, changes, options)
.then(user => {
if (user) {
return res.status(200).json(user);
} else {
res.status(404).json({ message: 'User not found' });
}
})
.catch(err => {
res
.status(500)
.json({ message: 'There was a problem finding that user', error: err });
});


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