I'm using Heroku/Mongolab (and I've tried it with MongoHQ), and the title shows my setup. Here's my package.json:
"name": "metatf-web",
"version" : "0.0.3",
"dependencies": {
"express": "*",
"ejs": ">=0.4.2",
"passport": "*",
"passport-steam": "*",
"validator": "*",
"mongoose" : "*",
"connect-mongo" : "latest",
"mongodb" : "latest"
}
Basically when I create a new user, my database is overwriting a user in the database, but only sometimes. Here's my User's schema:
/**
* Module dependencies
*/
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
/**
* User Schema
*/
module.exports = function() {
var Users = new Schema({
steamid : { type: String }
, regdate : { type: Date, default: Date.now }
, avatar : { type: String, default: "none" }
, isadmin : { type: String, default: "no" }
});
mongoose.model("Users", Users);
};
Here's the function I use to determine if a user is in the database, and one if not:
var checkIfUserAddToDbIfNot = function(req, res, next) {
var steamID = req.user;
require('./controllers/user_controller').get(steamID, function(err, doc) {
console.log(doc);
if (!doc) { // User not found
require('./controllers/user_controller').create(steamID);
console.log('User added');
}
});
return next();
};
And my user_controller (CRUD):
/**
* Module dependencies.
*/
var mongoose = require('mongoose')
, Users = mongoose.model("Users")
, user = new Users();
// Create
exports.create = function (steamID) {
if (steamID == 76561197991291041) { // Add me as an admin for when database resets.
user.isadmin = 'yes';
} else {
user.isadmin = 'no';
}
user.steamid = steamID;
user.save(function (err, callback) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log('User ' + user.steamid + ' added');
console.log('Admin: ' + user.isadmin);
});
};
// Read
exports.get = function (steamID, fn) {
Users.findOne({ steamid: steamID }, function (err, doc) {
if (err) return err;
if (doc) {
fn(null, doc);
} else {
fn(null, null); // User not found
}
});
};
Here is where the check user function is being called:
app.get('/auth/steam/return',
passport.authenticate('steam', { failureRedirect: '/' }), checkIfUserAddToDbIfNot, function (req, res) {
res.redirect('/');
});
And finally here is my connect-mongo stuff:
app.use(express.session({
secret: 'dont be walmarting',
store: new MongoStore(sess_conf.db),
cookie: {
maxAge: new Date(Date.now() + 1209600000), // DO NOT CHANGE
expires: new Date(Date.now() + 1209600000) // DO NOT CHANGE
},
maxAge : new Date(Date.now() + 1209600000), // DO NOT CHANGE
expires: new Date(Date.now() + 1209600000) // DO NOT CHANGE
}));
Any help here would be appreciated, I can't for the life of me figure out why users are being overwritten. I've tried clearing the cookies before adding a new user in the site because I thought it was the Connect-Mongo sessions, but that didn't work. Thanks to anyone that can help me with this.
Edit: I'm initializing Passport sessions just under this:
// Initialize Passport! Also use passport.session() middleware, to support
// persistent login sessions (recommended).
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());
app.use(app.router);
// END APP CONFIG (annotated)
I think this is your problem:
var mongoose = require('mongoose')
, Users = mongoose.model("Users")
, user = new Users(); // <-- this creates a module variable `user`, but only once
// (the first time the file is require()'d)
// Create
exports.create = function (steamID) {
// ...which is being re-used every time this function is called.
// Instead, you need to create the new user here:
var user = new Users;
if (steamID == 76561197991291041) { // Add me as an admin for when database resets.
user.isadmin = 'yes';
} else {
user.isadmin = 'no';
}
user.steamid = steamID;
user.save(function (err, callback) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log('User ' + user.steamid + ' added');
console.log('Admin: ' + user.isadmin);
});
};