Req.Params.Token returns undefined

Question

In my code, I have my registration page send out a verification email once the form is filled out and submitted. They receive the link to their email to verify it, and the link should trigger a request to change the account from inactive to active. I’m not sure if I did something wrong here but the code is as follows.

Where the user ends up after clicking the link.

app.get('/verify-email', (req, res, next) => {
console.log('req.params.token: ' + req.params.token);
changeAccountStatus(req.params.token);
res.redirect('/login');});

The function that the token is passed through.

function changeAccountStatus(verifyingToken){
connection.query('SELECT * FROM ACCOUNTS WHERE VerificationToken= ?', [verifyingToken], function(error, results, fields) {
    if (error) {
        console.log("Error");
        console.log(error);
        return;
    }
    else {
        console.log('results from WHERE VerificationToken ' + results[0]);
        connection.query('UPDATE ACCOUNTS SET STATUS = ? WHERE VerificationToken = ?', ['Active', verifyingToken], function (error, results, fields) {
            if (error) {
                console.log("Error");
                console.log(error);
            }
            else {
                console.log('results from UPDATE ACCOUNTS ' + results[0]);
            }            
        });        
    }
});};

In the app.get(‘/verify-email’) method, the token returns undefined. I’m not sure why, I know that I get a token because an email is send and the token is pushed to the db.

Answer 1

I needed to change req.params.token to req.query.token. Everything was resolved that this point, but make sure that your functions are setup correctly too.

Answer 2

Are you sure that your token is in params. As normally, token suppose to be in headers. try req.headers.authorization instead of req.params.token to check if it is there.