From 6de41474bda67bd22a9d687a302f760b59cde2be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Butler <abutler911@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 20:45:59 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] trying to fix an error

---
 app.js                      |  8 ++++++++
 routes/affirmationRoutes.js | 17 ++++-------------
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 27026f2..92d3330 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/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}`);
diff --git a/routes/affirmationRoutes.js b/routes/affirmationRoutes.js
index 0850f88..224c222 100644
--- a/routes/affirmationRoutes.js
+++ b/routes/affirmationRoutes.js
@@ -11,18 +11,12 @@ 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)) {
@@ -30,9 +24,6 @@ router.get("/affirmation-setup", async (req, res) => {
     }
   }
 
-  // Debugging Step 2: Check the Data
-  console.log("Categories with Spaces:", categoriesWithSpaces);
-
   res.render("affirmation-setup", { user, categoriesWithSpaces });
 });