I am trying to create a login page where users can add favourite food item, but I'm not sure how exactly I would make it so that it knows exactly which user is logged in. I want to ultimately be able to edit add things so each specific user has its own unique list of favourite items. I've tried looking everywhere, but I can't seem to find any information. I am looking for advice on a general direction such as specific packages etc.
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If I understand your question correctly - you want to create a page that is only accessible by users who are logged in, and you want to use the unique id of that user so that you can determine a list of favourite items for the user?
The way that you can do this is by creating models for the data that you're looking to store - one for the user and one for favorite items. Your models would probably look something like this:
user: {
firstName: string,
lastName: string
}
and the favourite items would be
itemsArray: [
{
itemName: string
}
]
Mongoose is the package that you will want to use for modeling. You can read more about it here https://mongoosejs.com/docs/models.html. (the package is https://www.npmjs.com/package/mongoose).
Also note that in MongoDB, all documents are given a unique id automatically. You don't need to include them in the model. So your user would really look more like this in the database, once they've been entered:
user: {
_id: 507f191e810c19729de860ea,
firstName: "John",
lastName: "Doe"
}
Let me know if this helps.
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