Usually the DB connect was not working please update the code.

The code block below that is inside the file usersController is missing the active parameter.

I added a sample code below it to be compared to the original code, if you have the time, thanks.

I realized that when I used the first code blocked below this line, I got back the following error after trying to POST a user. ("message": "User validation failed: active: Path active is required.")

But after trying the second code block everything went smoothly including the duplicate validation.
This is my first time of raising an issue, please pardon my crudeness.

const userObject = { username, password: hashedPwd, roles};

const userObject = { username, password: hashedPwd, roles, active: true };

https://github.com/gitdagray/mern_stack_course/blob/3714da3f3d6002b00a96549cb0ddd2d7381fa4db/lesson_04/models/Note.js#L29C1-L33C3

In the createNewPost codes stop running after line "const note = await Note.create({ user, title, text })" when sending post request using Postman.

I did not find where set up the refreshToken cookie come from login end point for refresh end point to genrate new token

End of the controller lesson 4, I noticed that a POST to create a new note to a valid user:
It is leading to an unending request into postman.
I commented the autoincrement plugin, the issue is not there any more :
// noteSchema.plugin(AutoIncrement, {
// inc_field: 'ticket',
// id: 'ticketNums',
// start_seq: 500
// })
is this plugin still supported ?

Cannot make a newnote because of this error
ValidationError: Note validation failed: user: Cast to ObjectId failed for value "Havoc" (type string) at path "user" because of "BSONError"
here a user named 'Havoc' is trying to make a new note.
something to note:
my database uri is different where i dont' have the database name like 'techNotesDB' as in the case of the video

Error is in lesson_04

I encountered this error and can't get a hold of it.
This happens when trying to call a CREATE operation using POST, and it happens in the createNewNote function in notesController.js .
Full error log in powershell's node server instance:
ValidationError: Note validation failed: user: Cast to ObjectId failed for value <string_value> (type string) at path "user" because of "BSONTypeError" at model.Document.invalidate (<path>\technotes\Sources\mern_stack_course\lesson_04\node_modules\mongoose\lib\document.js:3050:32) at model.$set (<path>\technotes\Sources\mern_stack_course\lesson_04\node_modules\mongoose\lib\document.js:1406:12) at model.$set (<path>\technotes\Sources\mern_stack_course\lesson_04\node_modules\mongoose\lib\document.js:1089:16) at model.Document (<path>\technotes\Sources\mern_stack_course\lesson_04\node_modules\mongoose\lib\document.js:166:12) at model.Model (<path>\technotes\Sources\mern_stack_course\lesson_04\node_modules\mongoose\lib\model.js:119:12) at new model (<path>\technotes\Sources\mern_stack_course\lesson_04\node_modules\mongoose\lib\model.js:4900:15) at <path>\technotes\Sources\mern_stack_course\lesson_04\node_modules\mongoose\lib\model.js:3107:22 at <path>\technotes\Sources\mern_stack_course\lesson_04\node_modules\mongoose\lib\model.js:3143:7 at Array.forEach (<anonymous>) at <path>\technotes\Sources\mern_stack_course\lesson_04\node_modules\mongoose\lib\model.js:3142:15

I hid my personal directories under <path>, and the user i was trying to create the new note for under <string_value>.

I first encountered the error in my code, then to troubleshoot i git cloned the repo and tried again using my .env file for the DATABASE_URI variable, and got the same error.

I also triple checked that the user i was trying to assign the note to existed in the DB.

Hello. In the mern stack tutorial, is there any way to encode json content with backslashes on the backend? for example, if a passowrd contains a backslash.

Hi Dave, thanks for this wonderful epic course. Just wanted to point out that the following CSS code for 404 page doesn't work on every route such as /users/xyz
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" />

This should also include a forward slash as follows:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/style.css" />