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illcrx
illcrx

Reputation: 814

EJS variable showing as null

I have a node/express/ejs application and when I go to the page it shows that the variable has null value. Here is the route. 

router.get("/events",  isLoggedIn, function(req,res){
    User.findById(req.params.id).populate("moments").populate("events").exec(function(err,allEvents){
        if(err){
            console.log(err);
            console.log("Ummm.... the database may be down?.......")
        } else {
            if (allEvents === null){
                res.redirect("/dashboard");
            } else {
            console.log("Below are all the events pulled");
            console.log(allEvents)
            res.render("eventsList", {events: allEvents});
            }
        }
    });
});

So events is the variable I am passing into "eventsList". The console.log above the render shows events, and when I make a new event it appends to that list. However everytime it goes to the /dashboard page as if there were null in allEvents.

Here is the code on the client side: 

 <% events.forEach(function(events){ %>

Im gessing it something to do with the if statement, but I cant figure it out.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 650

Answers (1)

Victorious
Victorious

Reputation: 96

Maybe you haven't specified the userId parameter in your route

router.get("/events/:userId",  isLoggedIn, function(req,res){
console.log("userId: ", req.params.userId)   
User.findById(req.params.userId).populate("moments").populate("events").exec(function(err,allEvents){
    if(err){
        console.log(err);
        console.log("Ummm.... the database may be down?.......")
    } else {
        if (allEvents === null){
            res.redirect("/dashboard");
        } else {
        console.log("Below are all the events pulled");
        console.log(allEvents)
        res.render("eventsList", {events: allEvents});
        }
    }
})
});

Upvotes: 1

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