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Aaron
Aaron

Reputation: 2227

SyntaxError in my node.js Express code

So I'm trying to follow this tutorial video:

http://nodetuts.com/tutorials/13-authentication-in-express-sessions-and-route-middleware.html#video

and as such I've got this code at the top of my routes/index.js file:

var todo = require('../todo'); //line 1
//line 2
//new session //line 3
exports.newSession = function (req, res) { //line 4
  res.render('sessions/new', { //**line 5**
    locals: {
      redir: req.query.redir
    }
  });
};

but, when I run my app and trigger the routes.newSession handler, I get this error:

500 SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier
at Object.Function (unknown source)
at Object.compile (/home/admin73464/todo/node_modules/jade/lib/jade.js:161:8)
at Function.compile (/home/admin73464/todo/node_modules/express/lib/view.js:65:33)
at ServerResponse._render (/home/admin73464/todo/node_modules/express/lib/view.js:414:18)
at ServerResponse.render (/home/admin73464/todo/node_modules/express/lib/view.js:315:17)
at /home/admin73464/todo/routes/index.js:5:6
at callbacks (/home/admin73464/todo/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:272:11)
at param (/home/admin73464/todo/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:246:11)
at pass (/home/admin73464/todo/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:253:5)
at Router._dispatch (/home/admin73464/todo/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:280:4)

I don't see any syntax errors in my index.js file; do you? Should I be looking somewhere else?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: here are the contents of my views/sessions/new.jade file:

h1 Login
form(action='/sessions', method='POST')
  input(type='hidden', name='redir', value=redir)
  p
    label(for='login') Login:
    input(type='text' name='login', id='login')
  p
    label(for='password') Password:
    input(type='password' name='password', id='password')
  p
    input(type='submit')

I'm pretty sure I copied exactly what Pedro wrote.

SECOND EDIT: I'm also using a layout.jade file. Here it is:

!!!
html
  head
    title Our ToDo App
    link(rel='stylesheet', href='/stylesheets/style.css')
  body!= body

Per a respondent's suggestion, I've tried deleting all (and all but the first) lines from new.jade. I got the same error. I've also tried deleting all the lines from layout.jade, and also deleting only the last line (body!= body). Same error.

Thanks for all the responses so far, I'm so glad for the help and suggestions you've given me so far.

THIRD EDIT: I've posted my app's folder and files at

http://www.miramontestequila.com/todo/

The directory structure I'm using is Express's default, and should thus be self-explanatory.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3720

Answers (3)

fent
fent

Reputation: 18205

In your new.jade file, you have the lines

input(type='text' name='login', id='login')
input(type='password' name='password', id='password')

You're missing commas between type and name attributes. Remember, in Jade, you must put commas inbetween HTML attributes.

Upvotes: 8

alessioalex
alessioalex

Reputation: 63663

Can you change the contents of index.js like so and tell me if this fixes things:

exports.newSession = function (req, res) {
  var redir = (req.query && req.query.redir) || '';
  res.render('sessions/new', { redir: redir });
};

Upvotes: 1

mbuchetics
mbuchetics

Reputation: 1410

Maybe something is wrong with your sessions/new.jade view?

Upvotes: 1

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