Sequelize update/save not working

[daniel7912]

Hi,

I am trying to separate out the auth/local code a bit more and have created a new file, local.controller.js which contains all of the route functions. The problem I have is that inside this local.controller.js file, model.find(), model.destroy() and model.count() all seem to work fine, but when I try model.update() or model.save(), express crashes without returning any errors. The 'beforeUpdate' hook is not called either.

Here is my code:

auth/local/index.js

'use strict';

import express from 'express';
import * as controller from './local.controller';
var router = express.Router();

router.post('/', controller.authenticate);
router.post('/reset-password', controller.resetPassword);

export default router;

auth/local/local.controller.js

'use strict';

import config from '../../config/environment';
import mail from '../../mail';
import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken';
import expressJwt from 'express-jwt';
import passport from 'passport';
import {User} from '../../sqldb';
import {signToken} from '../auth.service';

export function authenticate(req, res, next) {

  passport.authenticate('local', function(err, user, info) {
    var error = err || info;
    if (error) {
      return res.status(401).json(error);
    }
    if (!user) {
      return res.status(404).json({message: 'Something went wrong, please try again.'});
    }

    var token = signToken(user._id, user.role);
    res.json({ token });
  })(req, res, next)

};

export function resetPassword(req, res, next) {

  var passwordResetToken = String(req.body.passwordResetToken);
  var newPassword = String(req.body.password);

  jwt.verify(passwordResetToken, config.secrets.forgotPassword, function(err, data) {

    if (err) {
      console.log(err);
      return res.status(403).json({message: 'Invalid token.'});
    }

    User.find({
      where: {
        email: 'testuser@test.com'
      }
    }).then(function(user) {

      user.password = newPassword;

      return user.save().then(function() {
        console.log('success');
        res.json({message: 'Password reset successfully.'});
      })
      .catch(function(err) {
        console.log(err);
      });

    }).catch(function(err) {
      console.log(err);
    });

  });

};

The JWT verifies OK, then the user is found OK, lets me update the user.password value OK, but crashes at the save() function, and neither catch() is called.

I have used the exact same find/save code in seed.js and it works fine so the syntax is correct.

Could someone tell me where I'm going wrong please?

Thanks for any help.

[daniel7912]

Right I've found the problem and I'm completely confused by it! It appears that if I console.log any kind of object, the app crashes without an error. So in my code above, if I turn:

console.log(req.body)
into
console.log(JSON.stringify(req.body));

and the same with the data object...it works fine?!

Possibly related to nodejs/node#4261

[tylerdmace]

What happens when you use console.table(req.body)?

[karlkurzer]

@tylerdmace I keep on having the same problem node v4.2.6, it took me forever to find this post and I am grateful to get the console.log(JSON.stringify(OBJECT)) hint, hopefully this will be fixed soon on node LTS, otherwise my production server might go down at some point without any console.log😨