TypeError: Router.use() requires a middleware function

kal_b

3 months ago

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  notchr

  3 months ago

  @kal_b This generally happens when you call payload.authenticate() before you init payload

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  kal_b

  3 months ago

  yeah, i have made sure to initialize payload before calling it....and I am not calling it just passing a reference

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  notchr

  3 months ago

  const start = async () => {
    // Initialize Payload
    await payload.init({
      secret: process.env.PAYLOAD_SECRET,
      mongoURL: process.env.MONGODB_URI,
      express: app,
      email: {
        fromName: "Admin",
        fromAddress: "admin@example.com",
        logMockCredentials: true, // Optional
      },
      onInit: async () => {
        payload.logger.info(`Payload Admin URL: ${payload.getAdminURL()}`);
      },
    });
   // after init
  payload.authenticate()
  
    // Add your own express routes here
  
    app.listen(3000);
  };

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  kal_b

  3 months ago

  
  

  
  

  The only difference I am seeing is that you are awaiting the payload init.

  
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  notchr

  3 months ago

  ah it must be awaited

  
  

  
  

  want to try that first?

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  kal_b

  3 months ago

  Okay, let me try that out.

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  notchr

  3 months ago

  Create a start method like I shared above and let me know if it persists

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  kal_b

  3 months ago

  Yeah, I created an IIFE and made it an async arrow function so that I could await the init and it worked 😀😀

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  notchr

  3 months ago

  Yay!

  
  

  
  

  That async change happened a few updates ago

  
  

  
  

  I think a lot of people missed it

  
  

  
  

  But im glad updating it to async worked!

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  kal_b

  3 months ago

  The should change the docs

  
  

  
  

  Yeah thanks.

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  notchr

  3 months ago

  Ah I think they did, per the official example:

  
  

  
  

  import express from "express";
  import payload from "payload";
  
  require("dotenv").config();
  const app = express();
  
  const start = async () => {
    await payload.init({
      secret: process.env.PAYLOAD_SECRET,
      mongoURL: process.env.MONGODB_URI,
      express: app,
    });
  
    app.listen(3000, async () => {
      console.log(
        "Express is now listening for incoming connections on port 3000."
      );
    });
  };
  
  start();

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  kal_b

  3 months ago

  Hey, but now It keeps responding with a

  (payload): Forbidden: You are not allowed to perform this action.
  

  
  

  Yeah I see that but it is not updated here '

  https://payloadcms.com/docs/authentication/using-middleware

  '

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  notchr

  3 months ago

  Good find!

  
  

  
  

  @jesschow @jmikrut

  https://payloadcms.com/docs/authentication/using-middleware

  does not use the async method for initialization

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  jmikrut

  Payload Team

  3 months ago

  Thanks for bringing this up - @jesschow can you update those docs?

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  kal_b

  3 months ago

  Any solution for this? I made sure I am using the correct API KEY I am still getting this error @jmikrut

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  jmikrut

  Payload Team

  3 months ago

  what does the header look like that you are using?

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  kal_b

  3 months ago

  What header?

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  notchr

  3 months ago

  So after you've called payload.authenticate() you're then trying to perform an action and that's where you get the error?

  
  

  
  

  Can we check out a code snippet of the action you're performing?

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  kal_b

  3 months ago

  It's my issue we are upgrading our dependencies and these are issues caused due to that I believe

  
  

  
  

  @notchr Thank you very much 🙏

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  notchr

  3 months ago

  Any time!