Error: expiresIn should be a number of seconds or string rep

Asked Oct 23 '20 at 03:13

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I'm trying to get a token by signing in. Here's the code.

db.query('SELECT * FROM users WHERE email = ?', [email], async (error, results) => {
      console.log(results);
      if( !results || !(await bcrypt.compare(password, results[0].password)) ) {
        res.status(401).render('login', {
          message: 'Email or Password is incorrect'
        })
      } else {
        const id = results[0].id;

        const token = jwt.sign({ id }, process.env.JWT_SECRET, {
          expiresIn: process.env.JWT_EXPIRES_IN
        });

        console.log("The token is " + token);

        const cookieOptions = {
          expires: new Date(
            date.now() + process.env.JWT_COOKIE_EXPIRES * 24 * 60 * 60
          ),
          httpOnly: true
        }

        res.cookie('jwt', token, cookeOptions);
        res.status(200).redirect("/")
      }

The error is Error: expiresIn should be a number of seconds or string rep

but I can't seem to figure out what the problem is. Please help

asked Oct 23 '20 at 03:13

Yuri Mckoy

Did you add the JWT_EXPIRES_IN && JWT_COOKIE_EXPIRES in your .env file ? – Mithiridi Prasanth Oct 23 '20 at 03:17
Try to `console.log(process.env.JWT_EXPIRES_IN)` and see what you are passing in that prop, then compare it to what is expected in the docs – Enrico Oct 23 '20 at 03:24
Maybe it will help... https://stackoverflow.com/a/35138357/13700761 Good Luck! – semicolon Oct 23 '20 at 03:25
@MithiridiPrasanth yes – Yuri Mckoy Oct 23 '20 at 03:41
@YuriMckoy Try to print in the console. The **expiresIn** parameter accepts only a string .It should be like **expiresIn: '1h'** – Mithiridi Prasanth Oct 23 '20 at 05:46
@MithiridiPrasanth no it just has my API keys in there – Yuri Mckoy Nov 05 '20 at 07:53
@MithiridiPrasanth why do I have to add a cookie ? – Yuri Mckoy Nov 05 '20 at 07:56

Error: expiresIn should be a number of seconds or string rep

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