I'm building an app with node/express/mongo/mongoose. I've encountered an error that I can't seem to figure out and googling around has so far not been helpful.
I've tried to create an edit page and I'd encountered an error.
Package.json
{
"name": "cmscart",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "app.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
},
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"dependencies": {
"body-parser": "^1.18.3",
"connect-flash": "^0.1.1",
"ejs": "^2.6.1",
"express": "^4.16.4",
"express-messages": "^1.0.1",
"express-session": "^1.15.6",
"express-validator": "^5.3.0",
"mongoose": "^5.3.10"
}
}
edit_page.ejs
<%- include('../_layouts/adminheader') %>
<h2 class="page-title">Edit a Page</h2>
<a href="/admin/pages" class="btn btn-primary">Back to all Pages</a>
<br>
<br>
<form method="post" action="/admin/pages/edit-page/<%= slug %> ">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="">Title</label>
<input type="text" name="title" value="<%= title %>" class="form-control" placeholder="Title">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="">Slug</label>
<input type="text" name="slug" value="<%= slug %>" class="form-control" placeholder="Slug">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="">Content</label>
<textarea name="content" class="form-control" placeholder="Content" rows="10" cols="30"><%= content %></textarea>
</div>
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="<%= id %> ">
<button class="btn btn-default">Submit</button>
</form>
<%- include('../_layouts/adminfooter') %>
admin_pages.js
/* GET edit page*/
/* here after edit page "/:slug" because we didn't have a fixed value of url*/
router.get('/edit-page/:slug', function (req, res) {
Page.findOne({ slug: req.params.slug }, function (err, page) {
if (err) return console.log(err);
res.render('admin/edit_page', {
title: page.title,
slug: page.slug,
content: page.content,
id: page._id
});
});
});
/* POST edit page*/
router.post('/edit-page/:slug', function (req, res) {
req.checkBody('title', 'Title must have a value').notEmpty();
req.checkBody('content', 'Content must have a value').notEmpty();
var title = req.body.title;
var slug = req.body.slug.replace(/\s+/g, '-').toLowerCase();
if (slug == "") slug = title.replace(/\s+/g, '-').toLowerCase();
var content = req.body.content;
var id = req.body.id;
var errors = req.validationErrors();
if (errors) {
res.render('admin/edit_page', {
errors: errors,
title: title,
slug: slug,
content: content,
id: id
});
} else {
Page.findOne({ slug: slug, _id: { '$ne': id } }, function (err, page) {
if (page) {
req.flash('danger', 'Page slug exists , choose another.');
res.render('admin/edit_page', {
title: title,
slug: slug,
content: content,
id:id
});
}
else {
Page.findByIdAndUpdate(id, function (err, page) {
if (err) {
return console.log(err);
}
page.title = title;
page.slug = slug;
page.content = content;
page.save(function (err) {
if (err)
return console.log(err);
req.flash('success', 'Page added!');
res.redirect('/admin/pages');
});
});
}
});
}
});
In this i've encountered this error
CastError: Cast to ObjectId failed for value "5be86bf8170c2c22f8bb93a6 " at path "_id" for model "Page" at new CastError (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\error\cast.js:29:11) at ObjectId.cast (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\schema\objectid.js:156:13) at ObjectId.SchemaType.applySetters (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\schematype.js:763:12) at ObjectId.SchemaType._castForQuery (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\schematype.js:1166:15) at ObjectId.SchemaType.castForQuery (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\schematype.js:1156:15) at ObjectId.SchemaType.castForQueryWrapper (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\schematype.js:1135:15) at cast (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\cast.js:306:32) at model.Query.Query.cast (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\query.js:4024:12) at model.Query.Query._castConditions (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\query.js:1690:10) at model.Query.Query._findOne (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\query.js:1926:8) at process.nextTick (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\kareem\index.js:369:33) at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:132:7) at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:181:9) message: 'Cast to ObjectId failed for value "5be86bf8170c2c22f8bb93a6 " at path "_id" for model "Page"', name: 'CastError', stringValue: '"5be86bf8170c2c22f8bb93a6 "', kind: 'ObjectId', value: '5be86bf8170c2c22f8bb93a6 ', path: '_id', reason: undefined, model: { [Function: model] hooks: Kareem { _pres: [Object], _posts: [Object] }, base: Mongoose { connections: [Array], models: [Object], modelSchemas: [Object], options: [Object], _pluralize: [Function: pluralize], plugins: [Array] }, modelName: 'Page', model: [Function: model], db: NativeConnection { base: [Object], collections: [Object], models: [Object], config: [Object], replica: false, options: null, otherDbs: [], relatedDbs: {}, states: [Object], _readyState: 1, _closeCalled: false, _hasOpened: true, '$internalEmitter': [Object], _listening: false, _connectionOptions: [Object], name: 'cmscart', host: 'localhost', port: 27017, user: null, pass: null, client: [Object], '$initialConnection': [Object], _events: [Object], _eventsCount: 1, db: [Object] }, discriminators: undefined, '$appliedMethods': true, '$appliedHooks': true, schema: Schema { obj: [Object], paths: [Object], aliases: {}, subpaths: {}, virtuals: [Object], singleNestedPaths: {}, nested: {}, inherits: {}, callQueue: [], _indexes: [], methods: {}, methodOptions: {}, statics: {}, tree: [Object], query: {}, childSchemas: [], plugins: [Array], '$id': 1, s: [Object], _userProvidedOptions: {}, options: [Object], '$globalPluginsApplied': true }, collection: NativeCollection { collection: [Object], opts: [Object], name: 'pages', collectionName: 'pages', conn: [Object], queue: [], buffer: false, emitter: [Object] }, Query: { [Function] base: [Object] }, '$__insertMany': [Function], '$init': Promise { [Circular] }, '$caught': true } } { CastError: Cast to ObjectId failed for value "5be86bf8170c2c22f8bb93a6 " at path "_id" for model "Page" at new CastError (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\error\cast.js:29:11) at ObjectId.cast (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\schema\objectid.js:156:13) at ObjectId.SchemaType.applySetters (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\schematype.js:763:12) at ObjectId.SchemaType._castForQuery (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\schematype.js:1166:15) at ObjectId.SchemaType.castForQuery (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\schematype.js:1156:15) at ObjectId.SchemaType.castForQueryWrapper (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\schematype.js:1135:15) at cast (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\cast.js:306:32) at model.Query.Query.cast (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\query.js:4024:12) at model.Query.Query._castConditions (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\query.js:1690:10) at model.Query.Query._findOne (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\query.js:1926:8) at process.nextTick (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\kareem\index.js:369:33) at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:132:7) at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:181:9) message: 'Cast to ObjectId failed for value "5be86bf8170c2c22f8bb93a6 " at path "_id" for model "Page"', name: 'CastError', stringValue: '"5be86bf8170c2c22f8bb93a6 "', kind: 'ObjectId', value: '5be86bf8170c2c22f8bb93a6 ', path: '_id', reason: undefined, model: { [Function: model] hooks: Kareem { _pres: [Object], _posts: [Object] }, base: Mongoose { connections: [Array], models: [Object], modelSchemas: [Object], options: [Object], _pluralize: [Function: pluralize], plugins: [Array] }, modelName: 'Page', model: [Function: model], db: NativeConnection { base: [Object], collections: [Object], models: [Object], config: [Object], replica: false, options: null, otherDbs: [], relatedDbs: {}, states: [Object], _readyState: 1, _closeCalled: false, _hasOpened: true, '$internalEmitter': [Object], _listening: false, _connectionOptions: [Object], name: 'cmscart', host: 'localhost', port: 27017, user: null, pass: null, client: [Object], '$initialConnection': [Object], _events: [Object], _eventsCount: 1, db: [Object] }, discriminators: undefined, '$appliedMethods': true, '$appliedHooks': true, schema: Schema { obj: [Object], paths: [Object], aliases: {}, subpaths: {}, virtuals: [Object], singleNestedPaths: {}, nested: {}, inherits: {}, callQueue: [], _indexes: [], methods: {}, methodOptions: {}, statics: {}, tree: [Object], query: {}, childSchemas: [], plugins: [Array], '$id': 1, s: [Object], _userProvidedOptions: {}, options: [Object], '$globalPluginsApplied': true, _requiredpaths: [Array] }, collection: NativeCollection { collection: [Object], opts: [Object], name: 'pages', collectionName: 'pages', conn: [Object], queue: [], buffer: false, emitter: [Object] }, Query: { [Function] base: [Object] }, '$__insertMany': [Function], '$init': Promise { [Circular] }, '$caught': true } } { CastError: Cast to ObjectId failed for value "5be86bf8170c2c22f8bb93a6 " at path "_id" for model "Page" at new CastError (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\error\cast.js:29:11) at ObjectId.cast (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\schema\objectid.js:156:13) at ObjectId.SchemaType.applySetters (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\schematype.js:763:12) at ObjectId.SchemaType._castForQuery (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\schematype.js:1166:15) at ObjectId.SchemaType.castForQuery (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\schematype.js:1156:15) at ObjectId.SchemaType.castForQueryWrapper (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\schematype.js:1135:15) at cast (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\cast.js:306:32) at model.Query.Query.cast (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\query.js:4024:12) at model.Query.Query._castConditions (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\query.js:1690:10) at model.Query.Query._findOne (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\mongoose\lib\query.js:1926:8) at process.nextTick (D:\projects\cmscart\node_modules\kareem\index.js:369:33) at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:132:7) at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:181:9) message: 'Cast to ObjectId failed for value "5be86bf8170c2c22f8bb93a6 " at path "_id" for model "Page"', name: 'CastError', stringValue: '"5be86bf8170c2c22f8bb93a6 "', kind: 'ObjectId', value: '5be86bf8170c2c22f8bb93a6 ', path: '_id', reason: undefined, model: { [Function: model] hooks: Kareem { _pres: [Object], _posts: [Object] }, base: Mongoose { connections: [Array], models: [Object], modelSchemas: [Object], options: [Object], _pluralize: [Function: pluralize], plugins: [Array] }, modelName: 'Page', model: [Function: model], db: NativeConnection { base: [Object], collections: [Object], models: [Object], config: [Object], replica: false, options: null, otherDbs: [], relatedDbs: {}, states: [Object], _readyState: 1, _closeCalled: false, _hasOpened: true, '$internalEmitter': [Object], _listening: false, _connectionOptions: [Object], name: 'cmscart', host: 'localhost', port: 27017, user: null, pass: null, client: [Object], '$initialConnection': [Object], _events: [Object], _eventsCount: 1, db: [Object] }, discriminators: undefined, '$appliedMethods': true, '$appliedHooks': true, schema: Schema { obj: [Object], paths: [Object], aliases: {}, subpaths: {}, virtuals: [Object], singleNestedPaths: {}, nested: {}, inherits: {}, callQueue: [], _indexes: [], methods: {}, methodOptions: {}, statics: {}, tree: [Object], query: {}, childSchemas: [], plugins: [Array], '$id': 1, s: [Object], _userProvidedOptions: {}, options: [Object], '$globalPluginsApplied': true, _requiredpaths: [Array] }, collection: NativeCollection { collection: [Object], opts: [Object], name: 'pages', collectionName: 'pages', conn: [Object], queue: [], buffer: false, emitter: [Object] }, Query: { [Function] base: [Object] }, '$__insertMany': [Function], '$init': Promise { [Circular] }, '$caught': true } }
