trying to fix an error

app.js

@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ app.get("/test-flash", (req, res) => {
   res.redirect("/login");
 });
 
+function ensureAuthenticated(req, res, next) {
+  if (req.isAuthenticated()) {
+    return next();
+  }
+  req.flash("error_msg", "Please log in to view this resource");
+  res.redirect("/login");
+}
+
 // Error handling
 app.use((err, req, res, next) => {
   console.error(`[Error] ${err.stack}`);

routes/affirmationRoutes.js

@@ -11,28 +11,19 @@ router.get("/affirmation-setup", async (req, res) => {
 
   if (!user || !user.affirmations) {
     const userId = req.session.passport.user;
-    user = await User.findById(userId);
-    user = user ? JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(user)) : null; // Deep clone to plain object
+    user = await User.findById(userId).select(
+      "username affirmationDuration affirmations"
+    ); // Explicitly select fields
+    user = user ? user.toObject() : null; // Convert to plain object
   }
 
-  // Debugging Step 1: Check the Conversion
-  console.log(
-    "Is Plain Object?",
-    user instanceof Object &&
-      !(user instanceof Array) &&
-      !(user instanceof Function)
-  );
-
   const categoriesWithSpaces = {};
   if (user && user.affirmations) {
     for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(user.affirmations)) {
       categoriesWithSpaces[camelCaseToSpaces(key)] = value;
     }
   }
 
-  // Debugging Step 2: Check the Data
-  console.log("Categories with Spaces:", categoriesWithSpaces);
-
   res.render("affirmation-setup", { user, categoriesWithSpaces });
 });